Easter Island Shopkeeper
An island woman showing her wares of jewelry and crudely carved stone stutuettes. Instead of the hordes of shops lining the roads near tourist watering holes, we found mostly impromptu solitary enterprises like this one.
From: South America » Chile » Easter Island
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]
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] Blog: Easter Island - Home of Man Eaters and Moais
Date: 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 ... read more
Date: 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 ... read more
