Which Direction Does The Water Drain Down On The Equator?

Today a newspaper article was talking about the different ways water drains in each hemisphere.

It got me thinking about two things...

Which way does the water drain from exactly on the equator? and

If you look directly down onto the South Pole from space wouldn't you actually be looking directly up at the South Pole?

I guess it's all a matter of perspective. There are no ups, down, insides or outsides in space really, if we were flying around outer space we wouldn't know if some strange planet was north or south before we invaded it would we, perhaps we could look at the way storms circulate to determine which way is North.

As for the water draining from the equator i found this site which explains it for me lol

http://ask.yahoo.com/20031215.html

check it out if you are interested :)