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Near the monument of La Mitad del Mundo you'll find the interesting Museo Inti Nan located in a tropical garden.

The Inti Nan Museum tells us something about the ancient traditions and remains of the people from Ecuador, the Wuarani.

You can also see how certain religios and culture related rituals were practised like the brutal Tzantza ritual which consists in...

When you're in Quito you should visit La Mitad del Mundo, a small town in the province of Pichincha, a couple of chilometers up north.

Here you can actually stand on point where the equator crosses Ecuador, the perfect spot for a memorable photo!

You'll also find a yellow sign which proves that you're at the middle of the world reading the longitude and latitude statistics.

It's a very popular touristic attraction so it can be hard to free a spot in front of the monument of La Mitad del Mundo but once you get it, it's worth the waiting because you don't get...

Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina and a great place to look around, rent a bike and explore this beautiful region.

We stayed at a hostel which had a 24h free wine policy which was great! Besides the wine in the hostel we wanted to know a little bit more about the more rural sites of Mendoza.

We rented a pair of bikes and started exploring the wineries of...

Cordoba is one of the places we visited travelling around Argentina. It's a beautiful city and the place where I did my first skydive!

Skydiving in Cordoba was an amazing exerience eventhough the small airplane freaked me out a little bit when it started its engines, the jump itself was amazing! Together with my instructor, the pilot and a camera man we crowded the plane in four,...

In a local restaurant in Lencois we heard about a local farm tour we could do which included some wine and liquor tastings, a lunch and a guided walk around the farm.

The owner of the farm showed us around and explained everything about how things went down on the farm.

We also got to taste different brands of Cachaca, a local Brazilin liquor, which is pretty heavy...