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View from the top of windy Rano Raraku  
   

View from the top of windy Rano Raraku

we climbed this extinct volcano and quarry area where most of the moais were produced to get an appreciation of the island (15moais in background)
Chile and Easter Island

June 18th 2007
Day 167 to Day 172 ( 13.06.07 - 18.06.07 ) A tiny isolated place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Going to Easter Island is something we never thought would happen to us, but fate had it in our hands that gave us wind of news of a ticket sale on at Lan airline....the only airline that flies the 5 hr flight to Easter Island, and we were there at the right time luckily! As one ... read more
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Chilean Flag Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
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