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South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa August 1st 2010

Sunday 1.8.2010 day 291 Rapa Nui! (Polynesian), Easter Island! (English) Or Isla de Pascua! (Spanish), for a little island in the middle of nowhere why does it have 3 names? Easter Island is relatively small, just 117 sq km with just one small town called Hanga Roa, population 3800. The rest of the island is uninhabited except for hundreds of wild horses that roam free on the island and of course over 800 of the Moai statues that are scattered everywhere. We got up early and then went to church as I had read in our lonely planet that it is a mix of the Rapa Nui, Polynesian and Christian religion. It was very nice with lots of singing and there was a guy dresses in just a grass skirt there. We got there a bit ... read more
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South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa July 31st 2010

Saturday 31.7.2010 day 290 Fly from Santiago to Rapa Nui We had a 8:20 flight to Rapa Nui today so we got up early lucky we stayed in the Holiday Inn across from the airport the night before so we just had to walk across the road to the airport. When we woke up we saw that it was foggy and were worried about our flight. We got to airport and checked our bags in and then went to the service desk to see if we could change our flights back home to stop in NZ for a few days but they told us we had to call the office. We then went to security and then got another coffee each before going to the boarding lounge. When we got to the boarding lounge we noticed ... read more
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South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa July 29th 2010

There are places you wish to go, places which are so remote they hit our imagination, places we dream about...and than one day, we plan, we go. Easter Island is seriously high in the "remote" top list in the world. You can either take one of the 2 weekly flights from Tahiti with Lan, or take any of the daily flights from Santiago on Lan...even with those, it's still a flight just short of 5 hours on a 767. Easter Island have another appeal for us...it's a diver place too! What to see diving here you'll tell me. Well, not many fishes, the place is volcanic and with very very little plancton activity. So forget about anything big, or anything in big school of fishes. So why coming...well...for the same reason. In season, which is in ... read more
Diving Easter Island...
Our little toy, really great fun
Rano Raraku

South America » Chile » Easter Island June 4th 2010

Blogs, in general, straddle the borderline between tolerable blather and hubristic self-aggrandizing myopic adventures of me. Given that I tend to wander rather far into the second realm, I am conscious of frequency. Excepting your family, people can only tolerate so much. On one end of the spectrum is noble silence. Very admirable. On the more prolific end of the spectrum is friend Mark (denver on a spit), who churns out culinary recommendations at a gluttonous pace. That said, his topic, taco trucks and pork, are two of the better things in life, so his verbosity is warranted. Somewhere in the middle is friend Joel, an irreverent stream of consciousness commentary on living in Korea that is motivated mostly by recent noteworthy events, i.e. a visit to the DMZ, realizing neighborhoods in Korea are called dongs, ... read more
ahu tongariki and the denuded isla
ahu tepeu
rano raraku

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa May 18th 2010

Hello all we are just back from 6 amazing days on Easter Island!! Easter Island is an incredible place and also one of the most isolated places on earth. It lies bang in the middle of the South Pacific and a staggering 3700km west of Chile, its nearest land mass. The island is famous for its huge statues called Moai´s. How the statues were created and moved to each of the corners of the island is still as big a mystery as how the islands first became populated by people because of the incredible isolation of the island. Easter Island is relatively small, just 117 sq km with just one small town called Hanga Roa, population 3800. The rest of the island is uninhabited except for hundreds of wild horses that roam free on the island ... read more
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South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa May 10th 2010

We built our whole round the world flight schedule around Easter Island. After 8 months on the move, we have seen quite a lot and are starting to get blase about some of the places we have been so that it gets to the point where high expctations are dashed quite easily. So it was fair to say that we were more than a little worried about having booked for a whole week on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean. But before we get into our thoughts, a little geography lesson. Easter Island, though politically part of Chile, is very much part of Polynesia. It sits on the Pacific Plate and is made up from three separate volcanic eruptions which gave it a distinctive triangular shape. The Pacific Ocean is already rising up its shores, ... read more
Tongariki
Sunset at Tahai
In Rano Raraku

South America » Chile » Easter Island April 24th 2010

Geo: -27.1105, -109.363A few more photos from Easter Island.... read more
Tonga Riki
The Quarry
The Quarry

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa April 21st 2010

After no sleep we got our LAN flight to Easter Island.We had no sleep as someone rang the doorbell of our hostel at 3.30 in the morning and I was convinced it was our taxi, which was due at 6.30, so went running out to open the door. Looking back that was probably pretty stupid of me as it could have been anyone but luckily it was just another couple of backpackers trying to cheack in. Our LAN flight was amazing! We were on a proper aeroplane again, with movies and everything! We were so excited as the flight is about 6 hours long. We hadn´t booked anywhere to stay on the island as I thought it was better to turn up and get something when we arrived. We decided to stay at Chez Cecilia who ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island April 21st 2010

Geo: -27.1105, -109.363Hello from Easter Island.We arrived here two days ago and it is beautiful. It is so nice to be back in the South Pacific.We have enjoyed lovely weather averaging around 25C and a nice humidity. We are staying at a cute beach cottage just a short walk from town. Yesterday we did a guided trip around the southern part of the island. Today and tomorrow we have rented a car so we can explore at our leisure. The moai (heads) are amazing to see. We have really enjoyed learning the history of this remote island.... read more
Tongariki
The Quary
Sunset atTahai

South America » Chile » Easter Island April 4th 2010

For many years I have wanted to visit the Easter Island, and this was the only real requirement for me of this trip to South America. Therefore when we were in Santiago in January we looked into the trip and booked our tickets, we were lucky enough to get a really good deal. We arrived in Santiago for the trip on 3rd April, expecting our flight to go on the 5th, however, when we tried to confirm our tickets we found the flight had been cancelled so we called the Lan offices, luckily for us, as they had put us on a flight on the Tuesday meaning we would have a day less. After talking to the office they said we could fly a day early, on the Sunday, so we grabbed the chance to have ... read more
Tongariki after sunset
Last rays of sun for the day
Ball of fire




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