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Ecuador 2003: By bus from Quito, Ecuador to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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January 20 - We visited Mitad del Mundo, a monument marking the equator. Here Sue poses on Geodesics Avenue near the entrance to the complex, where there are 13 stone busts lining the way. These depict the members of the French Geodesic Mission, who came to Ecuador in 1736 to determine the location of the Equator.

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