by Anura Guruge
on March 23, 2023.
Surroundings on either direction of Route 1.
Somebody asked me about this marker, last year, on one of my trips to the ‘Bold Coast‘.
I was not aware of it (though I later discovered that I had driven by it, once).
So, when I was back on the ‘Bold Coast‘ a couple of weeks ago I made a point of going to see it. Nothing much to see, BUT it is neat just to say that you have visited.
What is the significance? It is the 1/2-way point between the Equator & the North Pole. That is it.
It got me thinking. I spent nearly 14-years of my life living very close to the equator. But, despite having travelled around the globe more than most I have yet to CROSS the equator. Wow. I thought I had when I visited the Maldives (twice). Appears I didn’t. WOW. Sobering. Well you can see the span of latitude I have travelled. Pretty sad.
Well, I just wanted to make sure you knew about this.
