Easter Island Some 3,600 km west of Chile mainland and 2,000 km east of Pitcairn Island, Easter Island, also known as Isla de Pascua, formerly Te Pito Te Henua (navel of the world) is called Rapa Nui by the locals and is the most isolated inhabited island in the World. The question we asked ourselves therefore was how on earth did the Polynesians find this place back in 400 or 800 AD and as we approached the tiny island we willed the captain not to miss the runway, which runs the length of one side of the island, as it was rather wet and deep at the far end! The island is both famed and shrouded in mystery for its 827 monumental stone Moai statues which drew around 48,000 visitors in 2005. The Moai´s stand up
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