Middle Of The World City In South America - Standing At Exact Center Of Earth & Monument To Equator
Middle Of The World
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today's adventure begins here in this
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park with this little monolo well it's
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not little large monolo next to a even
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more magnificent size
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tree here in keto Ecuador going to be
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heading a little bit north to middle of
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the world city and if all goes well I am
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going to be able to stand directly at
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the center point of the Earth on the
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equator directly on the
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line and a variety of other things but
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that's going to be
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the the
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Pinnacle amongst other
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is welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of us Thursday February
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6th 2025 I'm inviting you to join me
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here in South America shall you
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evidently there was a mirror or some
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sort of
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glass piece right there mounted that has
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since been removed or broken I should
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say very interesting there's a lot of
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these type of items in this
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park that's the biggest one I've seen
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though out of the
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few also in this park is a lot of very
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interesting artwork and this is one of
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them it's almost like a picture frame
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multi- picture frames turned on their
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side making an eternal tunnel
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it's my
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interpretation going to get a coffee the
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form of a cafe
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conche meeting up with the group shortly
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back at the hotel everyone's getting
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ready our guide and driver will be
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arriving soon still got about another 20
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minutes or so so just walking around see
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what I can
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see Suns to be seems to be out a little
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more so this is what they gave me over
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here at this place called IL
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Barista they said it's a
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locally Ecuador
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coffee not really sure what it is but i'
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also noticed they really don't get large
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coffee cups here in Ecuador most of them
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are about this size are a little bigger
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than this but it seems to be a little
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stronger maybe I don't know all right
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right the group took an hour commute
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with our guide and Driver maybe a little
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less than an hour about an hour nothing
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too bad outskirts of town and now have
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arrived this is something I've been
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looking forward to when I knew I was
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going to be going to
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again oh that's cool that's
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cool look at
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that I don't know why I get so excited
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about this but when I knew I could be
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standing in the middle of the world so
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sign me up going on there
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and I'm
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here you almost classified this as Folk
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Art could be Mom's right in the middle
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of it here's the IR
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go it's like a person but it's really a
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wheelbarrow got boots gloves
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hat the
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equator all so evidently I guess there's
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two of these attractions that claim to
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be middle of the earth center of the
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world right on the Equator so maybe
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we'll go to both this is one of them so
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I don't I don't know I'm not from here
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but we're at this one first some of
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merchandise through here I might have to
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get a
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shirt also have hats May to get a
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hat handmade stuff through here too
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oh if you want to check in the corner we
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have the guinea pig okay I'll check it
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out guinea pig when you're already done
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we can start here okay so this is a
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centy Hut or an Indian Hut since 1875 so
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this museum is older I mean the hot
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older than this Museum and here was the
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last owner her name isita kaisa and she
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lived the 110
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years so they believe for she believe
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from the good and B energies so that is
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the main idea or reason that she keep
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the animals in inside of the HS cuz the
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guine or the K here in Ecuador is so
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sensitive and if you don't obey or
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respect the onion laws like Don Steel
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don't lie don't be lazy they can feel it
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and cry and run away
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like so as a reaction of this Behavior
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her said please you can stay here you
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can wait outside but you are not welcome
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here but the animals didn't cry with our
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presence or energies so means that all
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here have good energies congratulations
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cuz you passed the andian test oh I
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didn't see it there get the side of the
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wall
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the we travel to the Jungle all right we
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learned is lion right the lion but here
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in South America the queen is the
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Anaconda right is the second of the top
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three largest snakes of the world first
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at Pyon that came from Asia and then
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here we have the anacondas and the boas
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that is a female that me 5 me long but
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of course the Anaconda can grow till 15
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long
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this is
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SK and our Constructors of course the
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Anaconda have under the job almost eight
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18 80 sorry 80 muscles so it's why they
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swallow humans a long time ago but
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because we're children that didn't have
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the same experience as an adult so the
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Predators are Hunters okay the habitat
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are on the top of the tree are on the
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river and this one the second animal is
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my favorite a tarantula the official
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name is migala golad cuz he one of the
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biggest in all the jungle and this is
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the baby okay the adult can grow to 45
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cm
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is okay the official name is Cano or
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candu or here in Ecuador we call it the
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penis fish and it's because they can
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smell or sense UA okay so if we are
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swimming naked on the river and then you
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pee the animal follow the fluids till
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Pier or swim up into the red
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when it's inside the animal can open
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their p as an umbrella so on the sides
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they have
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a sparrow like spikes like spikes to get
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a stocks so you can pull out we need a s
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because if you don't treat it the fish
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ferce the BL and you we may die in the
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process so the last rule is important
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don't be on the river and don't stay
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don't be on the
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river I was worried about anacondas not
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that other fish that goes
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ins so this why they confus it okay so
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with that we got a better reference
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about the jungle okay what we don't have
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to do and now let's going to talk about
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culture was considered at trophy of War
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for this culture because they believe in
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life after death so who conquers the
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powerful enemy keep the power the soul
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and the knowledge and today I'm going to
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teach you how they
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made we're going inside this building
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now which is completely covered in
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foliage and
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neat members of this group reject that
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idea now they are leaving as Nomads and
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warriors on the national park reserve
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inana so
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without professional guide or
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orientation we can end it over there and
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tell me it's lighter or
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heavy pretty light I pry lighter yeah
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it's not like bamboo light but it is
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very Li it feels lighter okay so ladies
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and gentlemen what do you think if I
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tell you that this is just for
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children okay when you reach the 18
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years old or past the 18 the leader give
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you a 7 m blow pipe and the we past the
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kog so just the strong Hunters can live
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the good one
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yeah okay you ready yes just let me know
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when you're
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ready
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okay everybody let's begin here so we
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came up again to the and this we are in
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front of the middle of the word and
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before to stay on the line let me talk
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about our ancestors okay this was the
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first andian Community 2,000 years ago
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okay the name Kar and because then it
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was origin of vyan start over there okay
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that now is the monument or the middle
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of the word and here the neighbors and
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all equadorian have this rumor one is
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fake one is the real one but what is the
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true be behind all of this information
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that middle of the word was a
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commemoration by French people they came
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here in
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136 to measure the widest part and flat
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part of the Earth planet but why they
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prefer Ecuador as another spots around
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the equator well because on that era or
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time was complicated to discover or find
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a civilization so we have the equator in
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Africa but that time they just only
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found deserts and sabage communities
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then we have Asia but in Asia which is
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only have or half icelands and Loud
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surface then we have ocean and when they
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they arrive here they found the
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civilization the kicha culture so in
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that way they could arrive here use the
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scales and the elevations that is La
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Mara and another m around this area Okay
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so they commit a mistake of
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240 M and we could say in other words
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that this is argu and I was I was
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telling you right if you check in your
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compass it's 004 over there 007 now if
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you have Android or iPhone
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sorry where is Florida where is
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Florida south south south of United
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States
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right north of
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us that is South and that is North
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you're correct with the GPS but remember
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if you are lost and don't have it you
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have to face where the sun rise so now
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it's morning sou This Cloud but rise
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from the East s behind us north south
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okay so now it's moment for pictures you
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want to take it in Ecuador your weight
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is less than the country of of origin
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because we are in the widest part of the
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earth and furthest away from the center
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of it interesting I'm going to have one
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foot on South and one foot on
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North got these big old shoes right here
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do I just take these souvenirs you get
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to take home with you I'm going start
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walking up this is the massive monolo
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over there that was the original Center
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but according to him they think they
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have found the center over here but this
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is like the huge model off this is the
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one you're thinking of right John the
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big one over there see the big one off
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in the
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distance
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okay please let me know when you're
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from September 23rd till March 21st and
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after on theph since March
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21st part about
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the out the materials and go in this way
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please got to make it
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easy so I don't know if you ever hear
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about the corol the corol is force but
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every time that we talk about it people
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thought on the toilets right this rumor
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about the motion of the earth and the
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water is pushes here to the left and
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here to the right because they opposite
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hemispheres okay and well one part of
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this rumor is true the toilet is fake
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right so CU this uh
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this French mathematician coriolis
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refers to the phenomenas I mean the big
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masses of water and wind that are
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located on Long through long distance
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right and we have a lot of velocity so
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it's true here the currents are
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deflected to the left and to the right
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right but is cu or Earth should be
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spinning in opposite way on the opposite
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way that is west to east west to east so
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if you are facing from the south and is
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west to east your point of view is right
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to left and us left to right and that
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way the scientists Define where to name
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all these phenomenas here on the cancer
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Tropic we have tornadoes and Hans and
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here Cyclones and typhoons but the
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missing part is about the equator here
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we don't have tornadoes ether Cyclones
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or typhoons and e c we have the
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centrifugal force have you ever he about
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that the centrifugal we have the
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centrifugal force on the was washer
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let's go one 2
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three with drop the
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leaves look P straight out now let's try
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the same exercise but 2 m or 7 fet till
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the north let's go let's pick it up the
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materials and let's walk 1 2 three till
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Florida okay so this is the United
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States the cancer
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Tropic we do it
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again
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okay go to the right
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OPP left to right Conor
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or a
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CU now let's get a move the last seven
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fet steel
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Australia okay and the last one
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clockwise one two
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just a few feet demo under two
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minutes on the stair spread your feet
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side to side and then we have to hold
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the egg like this three fingers thumbs
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in the middle index on the top needles
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on the bottom okay and shake it to check
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that it's wrong shake it shake it shake
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it okay it's wrong okay so it's
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wrong this is the thing okay this is the
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this is the the challenge you have to do
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tiny tiny motions with your finger till
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balance the J on the center if you do it
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at the end of the tour and give you a
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diploma that says you are an neg Master
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here let's
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go so Adam is trying to balance an egg
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right in the center of the
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earth easier try it on the bigger one
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I don't know the
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secret oh you almost said that I think
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you got to try again what is
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that we you got it oh yeah that's
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awesome way it go there we go L you're
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picture bro and it was in the moment
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then the least expected
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moment go I think it's easier to do it
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on this side hases anyone does anyone do
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it on the other side no one's got the
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other side
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yet okay all right all right well
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done
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must that is so cool yeah they teach you
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how to do this yeah that's inart I mean
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that is amazing that is just barely
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dangling on
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there that is really cool
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so you're exiting end up getting a
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t-shirt as
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well when I was looking at a little bit
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ago so you exit out and there's like a
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little gift shop over here with these
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little masks and
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heads and there's even like an old TV
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and an old typewriter and I think we're
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going to go over to where the
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original spot is
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as well get another maybe get a cup of
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coffee while in here the shirt I got
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right here you're welcome have a nice
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time right right in the middle of the
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Earth I'm here at inan ask how to
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pronounce it I'm having a
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Americana yeah I've definitely noticed
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these are about the average cups of
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coffee so you got to drink I'm used to
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drinking a pretty large one so this will
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be my second one which is probably only
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about 2/3 of what I would normally drink
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on a reg coffee see what they got over
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in the gift
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shop I should get a hat cuz the sun here
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is definitely more permeated than the UV
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Raz are so much stronger you can even
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get an egg balance shirt I did not do it
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I was not able to accomplish that goal
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so I don't want to sport the shirt but
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like the coolest little little van this
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is not the van we're riding in
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but it's not we're going to get a
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picture from the side here no were
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pictures of
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little uh well Chevy but they're made by
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Suzuki where are we
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there all right next property over also
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should mention the middle of the World
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Tour was only $5 to get in that whole
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place I think this one was like 750 to
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get in the one next door but it's not
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just this big monolo at the end guess
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there's other things here too
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but so from what I was understanding
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this was originally what was thought to
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be the exact center but it was just a
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few feet off but this thing has been
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here many years we try to get more
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details on exactly when it was built way
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before they had the technology to figure
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out that we do these days so it's
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incredible how close they
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got here I I was just there London
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9,221
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km what are these
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buildings this one right here has the
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same type of uh experiments that they
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did the other one like the sink thing
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and some other
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stuff I believe this is
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the a good size mountains right
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there nice yeah nothing says center of
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the earth the middle of the earth like a
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big gingerbread guy with a with a tuxedo
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on probably left there were from
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Christmas D Perfect all right that's
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perfect you can go up to the top of that
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thing
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too stairs to the top that's like five
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stories right yeah four stories five
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stories so this was the original line I
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guess 1700s
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1800s they assume that this was the line
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before modern
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technology pretty dang close to where we
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were and I think uncle and I going to
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clap the top of that thing out front is
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a photographer that will take your
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picture and then he'll print them out
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two for $5 so we got ourselves a little
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souvenir here put them both in this
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little piece of
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plastic my mom my uncle and myself opted
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for the photo and then there it is there
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as well on the other
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side quite a few flights of stairs to
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get to the
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top some little displays on the way
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okay evidently on the way up 1979 is
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when this was built there was one that
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predated it but this particular
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structure was
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79 according
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to I just saw
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gingerbread that is a globe not just a
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sphere but it's actually a globe you can
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see it's got the continents on
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it that's a world
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globe right down the middle is the line
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which
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continues downward there also is an
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elevator does go to the top that's
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looking right down the original
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line in correlation to where we were
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which was right there so just just a
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few I don't know 100 yards off
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maybe that right over there is where we
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did the
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tour as
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well pretty
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close pretty dang close so whichever one
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you believe they're still you know 100
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yards from each other so within a few
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feet I'm standing exactly the middle of
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the Earth which kind of blows my mind
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when i' contemplated coming to Ecuador I
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was like what's in Ecuador and this is
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one of the first things I realized you
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know what I could actually stand on the
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equator and be at the middle and the
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center of the earth and I am this is
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looking the other
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direction line going that way
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also right at the side of the Hill
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as I'm walking around I saw a little
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it's like a sculpture well it's not a
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sculpture it's like a mannequin of a
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monk drinking a a beer and then as you
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continue on there's a hamburger and a
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hot dog painted on the side of this
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spherical thing
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and then right along here continuing
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along the line itself is this church
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building and it runs right through it so
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basically you could be on either side
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while you're
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inside all right guys just follow this
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the line straight along
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you walk right out the steps and then
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look there it
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is looks like there's some sort of a
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grotto building down
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here one of the first churches built in
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Ecuador
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first cathol the first Catholic Church
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in Ecuador built in honor of the Virgin
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dadad pretty cool pretty dang cool got
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this little rock Grotto inside
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here as well
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wall and on the way out there's a little
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Transportation device that takes people
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around a little train it's a little uh
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automile that looks like a train and
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then there's a little statue of the of a
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animal over here
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like little delicacy in this area and I
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believe that this stands for
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middle of the world
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right
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here I think so on exiting few vendors
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out here I think I am going to buy a hat
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cuz I definitely need a hat while I'm
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here because the UV rays even though
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they don't seem like they're out they're
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pretty strong here all right hat
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accomplished you're coming with like
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almost like a cowboy hat style not
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really but I got a brimmed
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hat got some sun the other day it was
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only out the sun was under the clouds
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for a while I was only out for a few
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minutes and I realized when I got back
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to the room I was like look at some sun
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you're way higher up you know you're 2
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miles closer the Sun than you are in
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Florida elevation wise
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all right so I have this thing where
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each country I've been going to I've
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been going by the US Embassy and this is
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the US Embassy
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here and Ecuador right over
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there I stopping to get a bite te I'm
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not sure how many more embassies I'm
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going to be doing now the one in bise
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they didn't let you take pictures or
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video or anything the one in when I was
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in England in London they were okay with
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it cuz it's kind of right in the middle
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of the city but this one uh kind of
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walked around a little bit asked if I
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could get a little video or photo of the
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flag US flag and they said no go on no
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go on getting a closer view of a of the
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US flag but so I don't know if it's
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going to be an on-running thing every
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time I go to another country try to find
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try to find the US embassies bit I don't
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know for now it's kind of fun we're
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going to get something to eat here at
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Hunters almost looks like the same font
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as a Hooters but it's not but it turns
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out on the inside is definitely not set
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up like what you would think with the
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Hooters uh traditional in the USA
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Hooters would be but the font still look
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like the same with with hunters and all
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that although I did not end up getting
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the wings other people in my group ended
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up getting the wings and they said that
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they were really really good I ended up
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going with the fajitas and they were
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okay they were decent but I think the as
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much much as everyone was praising the
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wings I kind of wish I would have gotten
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the wings but I did not get the wings at
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Hunters but some of the others in my
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group highly approved of said wings from
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hunters and I'm noticing over here
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there's like some uh some bottles right
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here over here going up the side of the
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wall across from Hunters I think we're
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about ready to call it a day I think
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we're going to end up waiting for a
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driver to show back up and then we're
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going to head back over to hotel and
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call tonight or at least that general
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area
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all right everyone well the majority of
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people are taking the van back over the
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hotel decided to walk it's only about a
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mile to the hotel so get a little view
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of this roundabout here look at this
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thing this is like pretty intense here
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the
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roundabouts this is
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Uruguay statue oh the statue is yeah
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yeah that's the what's on the
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bottom oh there goes our group this
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interesting this right here is Abraham
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Lincoln
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Plaza see the sign right
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there Plaza Abraham Lincoln at this
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roundabout and look you can see a little
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sculpture just faintly there to the left
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sculpture of H A in
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yeah out it's a key cutting machine you
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don't have to go anywhere and have
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anybody do it personally it's like a
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machine that does it look at this kind
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of archaic
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Wooden Key cutting oh there is somebody
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no actually there is somebody back there
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interesting looking at this
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conglomeration of wires here which I
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pointed out the other day but also take
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a look at this telephone pole in the
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middle of the street you barely will see
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something like that in a
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city so let's get out of the way I'll
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show you what I
33:46
mean now the bus Mose look at
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this look at that right here in the
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middle of the city that's something
33:53
you'd see kind of
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out in a more rural area but no right
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here in the middle of City there's
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another
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bus that's an unusual tree it almost
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looks kind of got like a pretzel tree of
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source very uh very interesting how you
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can just kind of go through the middle
34:10
like that or you can go through the hole
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like that it's like the pretzel tree all
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right that's going to do it for
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today
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Kito I went to the middle of the Earth
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middle of the world hey thanks for
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watching I'll see you in the next video
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Vlog is over