How to Road Trip Around the World Rich and Amanda Ligato drove a VW van for 59,480 miles (95,724 kilometers) from California to Uganda via Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Photograph by Rich and Amanda Ligato
After driving for about five hours from our makeshift campsite outside of Jinja, in southeastern Uganda, we came upon this landmark. Resembling two elephant tusks (only made out of concrete), the monument marks the point where the Equator crosses Kampala Masaka Road. —Amanda and Rich Ligato