The official monument marking the equator was originally erected in 1928 as a simple obelisk mounted with a metallic arrow.
In 1930 a circle was welded to the arrow, in 1938 another circle as added in the other direction and its subsequent incarnation in unintentionally funny, looking like a giant gyroscope on a pillar.
On 23 March and 23 September, the monument is engulfed by thousands of Pontianak residents who come to see the shadowless sun.
The monument is right on the highway.
To get to the monument, we take a taxi, around 1 hour from Pontianak city.
This picture [enclosure] we take on 17 May 2007.
