Our travels in 2016 took us to both 0 degrees Latitude and 0 degrees Longitude, although not at the same time.  We actually crossed the Equator several times during our cruise of the Galapagos Islands, but the picture below was on dry land in the mountains of Ecuador.  Doing 0/0 at the same time would have been in the Gulf of Guinea in the tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, which was not attractive.  The three month offset let us do it in two nice places.

On the Equator near Quito, Ecuador in March 2016

On the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England in June 2016

In March we took a National Geographic small ship cruise through the Galapagos Islands, on the Equator in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of the Ecuador mainland.  The Galapagos have hundreds of unique species, and were a major contributing force in Charles Darwin’s conception of evolution.  Coming and going we toured the Ecuador cities of Guayaquil and Quito.

Zodiak and our Ship

Blu-Footed Boobies

Male Frigate Bird

Paula the Hiker

Galapagos Sea Lion

Galapagos wingless Cormorant

Sally Lightfoot Crabs

Marine Iguana

Giant Tortoise

Red-Footed Boobie

Sunset at Kicker Rock