Have you ever crossed the Equator in the middle of the world from the northern to the southern hemisphere within a matter of minutes? We did today as we made our first stop in Brazil in the city of Macapa. It is located on the Amazon River exactly on the Equator, at 0 degrees North. It is accessible only be sea or air and has a tropical climate in which there is no dry season; the rainforest here has an annual rainfall between 67” to 78”.
Another amazing fact we discovered was that the soccer stadium is the only one in the world where one half is in the northern and the other half in the southern hemisphere!
We visited the market in the center of Macapa and the Fortaleza de Sao Jose de Macapa, a fort built in the mid 18th century to defend the Amazon against French invasions from neighboring Guiana. The weather was hot (87) and very humid (100%). We were instructed to use our insect repellant during the next 7 days as we travel down the Amazon. Amazing day in amazing Brazil!
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