My pride and joy - hummingbird in flight
I can now say I have been in both hemispheres at once - how cool is that? We had an interesting time with the mandatory experiments e.g. water running clockwise or anticlockwise - depending on which side of the line we were on; balancing an egg on a nailhead and trying to walk the line with eyes closed. Interestingly the guide said that you are pulled to the side you are from - Mark went towards NZ and I fell the otherway -ooops!The reason the monument is in the wrong place is - when the French built it, they didn't have GPS so they were out by 200mtrs. The indigenous Indians though knew exactly where it was long before GPS came into existance, because the sun is directly above the earth twice a year and for 2 minutes if you stand on the equator line, you will not have a shadow!
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very interesting video and pictures indeed. Must try the nail thingy here - but will do it at your house so if they fall and break i won't have to clean up the mess! Just kidding!
Morning Alice
Find us a tenant or a buyer and you can do anything you like at our house!!!
Hey Aunty Beth. Great videos looks very different to home, but you all look like you are enjoying it. How about that music, it makes me laugh everytime I start one of your movies.
I see you finally got to see your picaflor (hummingbird). They are such amazing little critters...
Well done Beth loved all the videos but loved the photo of the hummingbird best. Looks like you had a fun time
What a fascinating place! You're so fortunate to be having this experience. :)
Marisa - I know!!!
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