Equator Line, Uganda

We crossed the equator for the second time, this time north to south. I got the photo standing on either side of the equator and we received a dubious demonstration from a street seller of a flower spinning in opposite directions on either side of the equator and staying still on the equator line - the equator line apparently moves as the Earth is pulled gravitationally on its cyclic journey around the sun, so the demonstration is likely to be a clever trick by a charming Ugandan man. I had a veggie wrap and vegan muffin in the local cafe and talked to fellow traveller Kristin about her writing a novel based on travel and developing religious ideas in the first century AD - a really interesting epoch to write about.Read more