![Title image - BAI takes you to: Ecuador](/v3_assets/images/trip_images/south-america/SAEC00_title.jpg)
Ecuador Volcanoes Expedition Dispatch
September 26, 2018 – Our Team in the Middle of the World
The Equatorial Line is not only an imaginary line, it is much more than this; it is a profound sense of being.
The Quitsato Sundial is a cultural-tourist place located at La Mitad Del Mundo, near to Cayambe, 47 km north of Quito. It was built in 2006 and inaugurated in 2007 as an independent, non-profit project in a 24,756 ft² (2300 m²) area. Its main goal is to share crucial aspects of the astronomical knowledge of the prehispanic cultures of the region. The expositions are carried out by community members as a self-sustaining project.
![Panoramic view of Sundial located at Guachalá, near Cayambe, Ecuador / Photo by Cristocobo](assets/04-1-solar-clock-ecuador.jpg)
Panoramic view of Sundial located at Guachalá, near Cayambe, Ecuador - Photo by Cristocobo
![Team at the Sundial](assets/04-2-sundial-middle-of-the-world-ecuador.jpg)
![Team at the Sundial](assets/04-3-team-at-the-sundial.jpg)
Team at the Sundial
![Team posing at the middle of the world](assets/04-4-team-posing-at-the-middle-of-the-world.jpg)
Team posing at the middle of the world
![Mario explaining our position on the earth](assets/04-5-mario-explains-our-position-on-the-earth.jpg)
Mario explaining our position on the earth
![GPS position](assets/04-6-gps.jpg)
GPS position
![Mike making a new friend](assets/04-7-mike-making-a-new-friend.jpg)
Mike making a new friend