The 45 minute drive to the Equator gave me a headache. When we got there, we saw two letters N and S for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. We also saw the big red line that separated them. Sadly that was not the real Equator. The real one was calculated by GPS. The first one was just predicted in the 18th century and they didn't have the right tools to calculate the Equator. We went to both. On the fake one there was a tall building with the Earth on it and it had north, south, east and west labeled on it. We got to go in it for $20. It wasn't very high, but there were those telescope things where you put a quarter in to see super far away. Fortunately, I brought my wallet and got to look through it. There were huge snow capped mountains. I also watched some kids play soccer, unfortunately the team I chose lost.
    Later, we went to the main little shops and got some frozen box ice cream. It turned out to be cookies & cream flavor. We walked around a little and found a park.
    Finally, we went to the museum which held the real equator. We learned about the tribes who lived there were bare naked. The boys had to tie up their "thing" to stop a fish from getting in because they're too lazy to wear underwear. The worst part was that there were photos.
     We did experiments with water. So, if you put water in a bucket on the equator and drain it out, it will just pour out and won't spin at all. But if you put it on the Southern or the Northern hemisphere the water will spin left or right as it drains. Then, we tried to balance an egg on a nail. Of course, I epically failed and never got it, but my mom did on her first try. When it was time to go, we saw a restaurant that served Guinea pig. It is a specialty in Ecuador. I don't think so. {Editor's Note: Museum's experiments were dubious - Coriolis effect is extremely small at this scale so water swirling clockwise or counterclockwise down a drain just a few feet north or south of the equator had much more to do with the guide's finger starting starting the swirl in the preferred direction.