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Moai with our Ship  
   

Moai with our Ship

This made an impressive sight indeed, with the moai in the foreground, the Crystal Serenity in the background, and an unbroken 180 degree view of the blue Pacific.
Easter Island - Home of Man Eaters and Moais

February 7th 2006
EASTER ISLAND Five days of cruising the South Pacific from the coast of South America brought us to Easter Island. This is a tiny volcanic island 2000 miles from any population center - about halfway between South America to the east and Tahiti to the west. The closest other inhabited island is over a thousand miles away - tiny Pitcairn Island where the mutineers of the H.M.S. Bounty settled in ... read more
South America » Chile » Easter Island

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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