Sao Paolo lies exactly at the Tropic of Capricorn. I am fascinated by such phantom borders. I have crossed the Tropic of Capricorn several times, in Australia and South Africa. I have stood with one foot in Europe and the other in Asia, or with one foot in the Eastern and the other in the Western Hemisphere. I have crossed the date meridian and lost a whole day of my life. When you cross the Polar Cirlce they give you a certificate. But nobody had given me a certificate for crossing the equator. Is it a greater deed to cross the Polar Circle?
the tropics actually move about 15 meters every year, turning back every 41000 years. so at some point it won't go straight through sao paolo. and human-made lines don't count.
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