Sunrise at Ahu Tongarika



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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]
Blog: Rapa Nui, land of the far flung giants
Date: August 22nd 2006

An early rise to catch the cheap Centropuerto bus to the airport and we were on our way to the very middle of the Pacific Ocean. Save for a spectacular view of chile's fog enveloped mountains, the flight was entirely over water so a fairly uneventful 5 hours. It was still funny to see our computer generated flight plan crop up on our personal TV screens showing a lonely little aeroplane on a big ... read more







Comments
Date: 18th April 2011


stunning;-)

From Blog: Rapa Nui, land of the far flung giants
Date: 20th May 2011

on the bucket list.
oh wow, that has got to be one of my favourite photos!

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