Editor Pick
Mitad del Mundo
- July 12, 2000
- Rated 3 of 5 by
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Okay, so Mitad del Mundo, 'The Middle of the World,' sort of epitomizes tourism, with its endless 'village' of gift shops offering disturbing numbers of unnecessary souvenirs -that is, of course, unless you're into kitsch. However, since I've never set foot on four states at Four Corners Monument in Utah (?) or visited similar geographic gimmicks, I have to confess it was a kick to walk on the Equator -- that line has forever seemed so mysterious to me. Inside the Monument itself, there is a small but informative 'Museo Etnografico,' a museum capturing the highlights of Ecuador's indigenous groups (the descriptions are all in Spanish). From the top of the Monument you can see out around the village of San Antonio, which has a landscape much drier than it seemed, and clearly less populated than nearby Quito. Also at the scene are other touristy/educational places which I did not partake in, including a model of colonial Quito, a planetarium, and solar museum.
From journal Paseo de Quito