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South America » Chile » Easter Island September 5th 2008

I did a 3 day trip out to Easter Island. When else will I ever get the chance? Check out the photos. Cheers Tim... read more

Rapa Nui

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa September 5th 2008

First sighting of Easter Island

RovingRitchies

We are getting to know Santiago airport really well now, this is our 3rd visit in 4 weeks. Our first impression of Easter Island was that it wasn't long enough to land our plane. We were later to learn that not only is it big enough but it's built to accomodate an emergency landing of the shuttle and the Concord has also landed there....so much for my knowledge of airstrips! Up to a day before we arrived we still hadn't booked any accomodation and Jackie was getting a bit worried that we would arrive and have no bed so ended up booking this accomodation from the Lonely Planet book which indicated that it was mid range but I think we have a different idea of what constitutes mid range....at about $200 per night I feel it's ... read more

Dag 15: Isla de Pasqua

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa September 1st 2008

Duiken??

Silvia around the world

Na het inleveren van de huurauto en na het inchecken voor onze vlucht morgen, en aangezien Dirk zo verkouden is dat we de duik van vandaag moeten afzeggen, besluiten we in de plaats Hanga Roa te blijven en op souvenirjacht te gaan: op pad naar de artesanal market tegenover de kerk… En we hebben zeker wat mooie spullen kunnen kopen….! Dan onze buit naar het hotel brengen, de travelblog bijwerken en dan lunchen bij Kai Mana, waar we heerlijke spaghetti tonijn hebben gegeten. En we kunnen het toch nog niet laten: snel nog een souvenirwinkeltje in en wat spulletjes kopen… Terug naar het hotel, want morgen gaan we vliegen en Dirk is toch echt verkouden… :( Lonely planet: Hanga Roa: population: 3800 With all the attractions almost on its doorstep, Hanga Roa makes the obvious base ... read more

Dag 14: Isla de Pasqua

South America » Chile » Easter Island August 31st 2008

01-Overzicht Hanga Roa

Silvia around the world

Vandaag met onze huurauto op pad: we hebben een ‘rondje’ Napa Rui gedaan. We zijn langs Orongo gereden; we hebben in de grot Ana Kai Tangata gekeken; toen richting het oosten, langs de kust, naar het noorden; langs Akahanga en langs Rano Raraku; een fototussenstop bij Ahu Tongarika; door naar het strand Anakena, waar we (pompoen)cake als lunch hebben gegeten; en als laatste naar Ahu Akivi; terug naar het hotel. In een notendop onze (beelden)rondtour vanaf half 10 tot en met half 6.… Maar de foto’s spreken voor zich… Als afsluiter van de dag een diner in restaurant Pea. Lonely planet: Rano Kau & Orongo ceremonial village: Rano Kau is probably the star attraction of Rapa Nui, and rightly so. Be prepared to fall on your knees in awe when you first see it, preferably on ... read more

Dag 13: Isla de Pasqua

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa August 30th 2008

01-Welkom op Rapa Nui

Silvia around the world

Vanmorgen heel vroeg opstaan want om 6 uur staat de taxi alweer voor de deur van het hotel. Want vanmorgen vliegen we naar…. Paaseiland! Het vliegtuig stijgt om half 9 op en we landen rond 2 uur ‘s middags (er is nog een tijdsverschil tussen Paaseiland en Santiago van 2 uur; dus Santiago-tijd landen we rond 4 uur ‘s middags) Snel de koffers in ons hotel Gomero afleveren en dan op pad. We lopen eerst naar het kleine haventje, waar we wat info vragen voor het duiken op Paaseiland. Maandag zouden we mee kunnen op een guided dive. Dan lopen we verder langs het water waar we de eerst Moai-beelden kunnen fotograferen! Na het wandelen langs de beelden hebben we honger gekregen en gaan we laat lunchen bij Merahi Ra’a, dan een auto regelen voor morgen ... read more

Rapa Nui

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa August 21st 2008

First glimpse

Knutt

Rapa Nui is a small island with a small town, Hanga Roa. We, Me, Jut, Pete, Dan, and Cristina came to Rapa Nui to do a biological inventory of some of the caves. We all fell in love with the island and the people, it is very laid back! It rained 4 out of 8 days, but this didn't stop us, we caved, mapped and collected bugs. We had one day to look around the island, so we took the truck and cruised the the whole island in the rain. The Moai ( the heads) were all over the island and we visited the quarry where the were carved, no mystery here, no aliens. Enjoy the photos. I return to the states on August 23rd. I can't wait to get back to my beautiful wife Leslie, ... read more

Jul 30, 2008

South America » Chile » Easter Island July 30th 2008

De regreso

ctucki

Geo: -27.1105, -109.363... read more

Easter Island

South America » Chile » Easter Island July 22nd 2008

Tongariki Moai Statues

Where the hell are Catherine and Matt

(Matt)- Time Warp - Due to the restrictions of our round-the-world plane ticket we had to fly from Auckland (NZ) over Easter Island to Santiago (Chile) and then back to Easter Island. Just a jump to the right and a step to the left (if you know the song don´t get pedantic!). Know as 'Rapa Nui´ to the locals and ´Isla de Pascua´ in Spanish, our long route to Easter Island crossed numerous time zones and the International Date Line. I was slightly dissappointed that more wasn´t made of crossing the date line, maybe a big party where we could all have got drunk and had a go at flying the plane, instead we lost 24 hours with barely a whimper! We left Auckland at 5.30pm and arrived in Santiago five hours earlier than when we ... read more

The Second 16th of July

South America » Chile » Easter Island July 20th 2008

Moai - hmm

Shmunkie and the small ginger one

Its not often that your presented with the true oddities of the world, but for us this 16th of July was lived twice - with lots of scrummy airplane food to help the time just fly by (dededumph tsh). It´s a strange mathematical fix that has you leaving at 5 in the evening, spending 12 hours on a plane and arriving at midday 5 hours before you left. Suffice to say we enjoyed the oddity and haven´t slept since - combined with the travelling Brazillian students ability to party longer and harder than man ever has before (just a shame they only know 2 songs). It was all worth it, however, as after a short stop off in the Chillian capital and surprisingly vibrant city of Santiago de Chile we were headed to one of the ... read more

The Star of Chile - Presidential Palace Santiago

Easter Island

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa July 5th 2008

15 Moai all in a row

QCLC

Well, we are really are finally here. For the history of Easter Island, please consult Lonely Planet or your local library or if you are lazy, try Wikipedia. Needless to say the five hour flight was worth it. It is interesting in that I came to this place with a whole bunch of questions about the Moai. I am leaving with more. It seems that in absence of written information about the histoy of the Island, Rapa Nui´s people rely on the oral tradition. Considering that small pox nearly wiped out the population (down to a little more than 100 native survivors), lack of natural resourses and fighting between clans (long ears vs. short ears....I am not making this up) that it is amazing that there is as much information as there is. As far as ... read more

Brief history of Chile

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...more history

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