This is fascinating stuff. Really. Truly. Believe us. It is. Here we are (or he we were - by the time some of you read this). Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Isla de Pacques, Isla de Pascua ... even Eastern Island if you believe the car hire company. What a bloody marvellous place (first swear word - within the first 100 words). 2000 km from Pitcairn Island (the next place of population), 4100km from Tahiti and 3700 km to Chile. This is the most isolated, inhabited island in the world. The history thing first. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we´ll begin (Codo/Vicks sit on your hands or something). King Hotu Matua turned up to this place - from the west - in between 400 and 1200 AD. Already you can see that things are a little sketchy.
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