 Tropic
of Cancer
What do Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Mali and Taiwan
have in common? The Tropic of Cancer runs through
all of these places.
In Taiwan, the Tropic of Cancer, located at 23.5 degrees
North of the equator, passes through Hualien, Penghu
and Chiayi. Today we��re in Chiayi, and this is the
Sun Exploratorium.
We��re on one of the Summer Solstice 235 tours of the
Taiwan Tour Bus service today. On the bus there��s
wifi, a tablet that has audio guides in English, Chinese,
Korean and Japanese, and sometimes a guide that speaks
English as well. Included on all Taiwan Tour Bus packages
are insurance and pickups at hotels and major transportation
depots. The first stop on this tour is the Sun Exploratorium.
Here you��ll find monuments that will not fail in reminding
you that you are here at the Tropic of Cancer.
At the Sun Exploratorium, with the help of student
and professional guides, you can learn lots about
how people have utilized the sun, including starting
fires with a magnifying glass, or telling time. This
is an Analemmatic sundial, which helps keep track
of time.
The way you tell time is by finding today��s date and
standing on it. For example, it��s May 15th today.
And then you follow the shadow and see where it lands.
Here, it says it��s between two and three. And precisely,
my watch says it��s 2:31.
Next on the itinerary is Tfuyu, an aboriginal village
of the Tsou tribe.
This trip��s theme has been the Tropic of Cancer. There
are four major Tropic of Cancer monuments in Taiwan
and I��ve been to the two in Hualian, the one in Chiayi,
so that leaves the one in Penghu. Soon I will have
collected all four. This is fun. You should come!
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