Moai

Easter Island

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January 1st 2006
So we flew from Rio de Janeiro to Santaigo through Sao Paulo (and a very big thunderstorm!) and checked into the backpacker's place we'd stayed at when we were here before, the miserable bloke behind the desk recognised us in a puzzed kind of way! We had 1 night there before catching the flight to Isla Pascua or Easter Island as it's more commonly know to gringos! nearly 6 hours of nothing but th ... 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