Moai at Hanga Roa

An audience with the King of Rapa Nui

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January 8th 2006
Rapa Nui - Te Pito o Te Henua (The navel of the world) - Isla del Pascua to the Chileans - Easter Island to you and me - the land of the bigheads (we thought that we might fit in well here...). It's one of the most isolated places on earth, the closest neighbours being 1,900 km away on the Pitcairn Islands of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. Details are shaky but people probably first arrived here betw ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island

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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