Comments on: The Three Equators – Real and Unreal http://jules.com.au/blog/the-three-equators-real-and-unreal/ Everyone else has a blog... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Simon Mackie http://jules.com.au/blog/the-three-equators-real-and-unreal/comment-page-1/#comment-16641 Simon Mackie Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:09:13 +0000 http://jules.com.au/blog/?p=183#comment-16641 Heh, fascinating. I suppose it doesn't really matter -- the people who visit will have their photos on the line in the ground and can say "yeah that's me on the equator". Was the line even east-west? I doubt most people would bother to check... There's an opportunity in buying that plot and building your own equator-themed tourist trap. Those guides and their cheeky stories. In Sri Lanka, I had my Lonely Planet guidebook and that told a completely different tale about the history of Sigiriya Lion Rock monument to the one told by my guide. the guide's story was much more interesting, but I think I believe the Lonely Planet... Heh, fascinating. I suppose it doesn’t really matter — the people who visit will have their photos on the line in the ground and can say “yeah that’s me on the equator”. Was the line even east-west? I doubt most people would bother to check…

There’s an opportunity in buying that plot and building your own equator-themed tourist trap.

Those guides and their cheeky stories. In Sri Lanka, I had my Lonely Planet guidebook and that told a completely different tale about the history of Sigiriya Lion Rock monument to the one told by my guide. the guide’s story was much more interesting, but I think I believe the Lonely Planet…

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