Here we are in Santiago, the capital of Chile. We spent one night in Auckland, then flew to Tahiti, then straight on to Easter Island. When we arrived, we were not impressed. We didn´t like it at all - it was raining, with mud and smells everywhere. We visited the town, which we did not enjoy, and were feeling sorry that we went there. However, the next day we did a full day tour of the island, with a wonderful local guide, who spoke four languages and we had a fabulous day touring the Maoi sites and seeing the rest of the island. There are horses everywhere, which really worried us. There are 4000 of them on the island, all roaming free, even through the township. We thought the people were very poor, with run down
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