Hanga Roa and Mataveri

There is apparently a vantage point on the hillside from which you can watch the pilot's expression as the plane comes in to land. (Or maybe the astronaut's, should the purposely extended runway ever be used for an emergency space shuttle landing).

Rapa Nui farewell

December 2nd 2006
Dodging some serious rain showers, we paid a last visit to downtown Hanga Roa before our flight back to the 'Conti'. For those who somehow miss the craft vendors whose pickup trucks precede the procession of mini-buses at the island's main sites, there's an artisans' market selling an array of moai fridge magnets, shell necklaces and sarongs near the church. Despite my earnest supplication, I fail ... read more

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

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