http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Easter Island en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 09:39:46 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:39:46 +0000 Another historical mystery of Rapa Nui is the birdman cult. After the moai had lost their meaning and warfair broke out among the clans a new cult arose. Every year a birdman was picked who would rule the island39s society. Thus peace could be reestablished.The sacret place for the rituals of the birdman cult can still be visited today. And what a place At the rim of the crater Rano Kau the R http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-785552.html Our first encounter with the stone statues moai on Easter Island took place at Ahu Vinapu at the north coast of the island. Typically arranged on a platform called ahu there are several moai in a row that faces the land looking inwards from the sea. As it often is with iconic landmarks that you have seen many times on arranged photographs reality can be a little disappointing. Our fist thoug http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-785340.html The fascinating Rapa Nui Easter Island most remote inhabited place on earth is our next stop. At least 3500 km to the neighbours it belongs to Chile thus Spanish is the official language. English works not that well. They also have another currency and are in a different time zone than Tahiti. Now we are 4 hours back again towards our own time.The island has a certain rough charm. The coasts a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-785175.html Ce matin jai mis nouveau le rveil et vous savez quoi Pour aller la messe Oui une premire si on exclue mariages et baptmes. Je vous rassure ou pas dailleurs mais ce qui ma attire ce sont les chants pascuans. La crmonie classique a dur 1 heure mais heureusement elle a t entrecoupe de beaucoup de chants traditionnels sublimes qui donnent tout de suite u http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-784653.html Pour finir en beaut un incontournable de lile de Pques avec la plonge une balade cheval En plus cest lun des deux moyens avec la marche pied pour dcouvrir le plus haut sommet de lile a 511 mtres. Ces canassons pascuans ne sont pas sanguins cest le moins que lon puisse dire il un peu difficile de les faire passer la vitesse suprieure. Mais le paysag http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Terevaka/blog-784648.html Je laurai eue ma conduite en 4x4 dfaut des dserts dAtacama ce sera les routes accidentes pascuanes que jaurai testes. Ce matin le rveil est mis un peu plus tt pour aller voir le lever de soleil sur un autre alignement de statues lest de lile mais encore une fois vues la saison et la localisation ce nest pas aux aurores car il se lve a 8h30 Conduite d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/blog-784644.html Le rythme de lle est vite pris et la journe ne dmarre quen fin de matine pour une balade vers un des principaux volcans le Rono Kau situ sur la cte sudouest. Le temps est au beau fixe mais pas trop chaud ce qui rend lascension trs agrable entre champs et fort. Sur le chemin une petite grotte maritime avec des ptroglyphes des dessins doiseaux en lhonneur de http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/blog-784637.html A nouveau courte nuit et longue attente laroport et puis en milieu daprsmidi nous survolons aprs 5 heures au dessus de locan un bout de terre avec des collines vertes. Pour souhaiter la bienvenue une fleur dibiscus et des gouttes de pluie il faut dire que le ciel est bien nuageux. Un peu plus tard nous aurons droit la visite express par notre hte de lunique http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-784634.html 1413 Riding a scooter on the unscooterable roads We rode out to the Orongo crater this morning it was one of the roads classed as gravel and so not suitable for scooters but they hadnt met Howard yet The road actually wasnt too bad as long as it wasnt wet and you are careful. The first section was hard packed dirt ridges with potholes and the last section gravel. Up at the crater rim http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-779651.html 29313 From Montevideo Urugay to Santiago Chile So we landed at Santiago and took the airport bus into the city from the stop the bus finished at we then took two tube trains to get to the Belles Artes area which we were staying in for the night. When we got to the apartment complex the security guards on the gate who didnt speak any English made us register then eventually handed us an env http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-779636.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtBackground of Easter IslandRapa NuiThe enigmatic Easter Island indigenous name is Rapa Nui is hailed as the most remote inhabited island in the world with many layers of history mystery shrouding its ancient truths. This Chilean Island is on the southeast corner of the Polynesian triangle with Hawaii New Zealand located approx. 2000 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Terevaka/blog-771443.html La Tapati fiesta tradicional Rapanui que se celebra en Febrero es el evento ms importante del ao. Cada ao se postulan de dos a tres candidatas a reina. Ellas necesariamente deben estar apoyadas por sus familias ya que el costo de la organizacin y logstica de el equipo de competidores artistas atletas y bailarines que apoyan a su reina es bastante alto y las familias corren con est http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-767704.html Siempre he sido la catete de la hora mis amigas ms cercanas pueden dar f de ello.Si vamos a la nieve jodo para que todos estn listos a las 715 para no toparse un taco y realmente JODO.El que no est listo a esa hora tiene dos opciones o lo dejo en la casa o lo espero muy enojada y se lleva un reto las 45 curvas.Cada vez que me toc ir a dejar a alguien al aeropuerto lo ap http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-767248.html Okay getting to Isla de Pascua was a bit more challenging then we had expected. After getting upgraded to Business good we were told 2 hrs into the flight that we unfortunately had to return to Santiago due to a technical defect not so good. But fortunately we could embark on to a new airplane soon and our delay was limited to about 5 hours.When we got off the plane we felt like we were a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-762133.html ltspangtRapa Nui or Easter Island as it is better known is the world39s most remote inhabited island shrouded in mystery due to the legendary Moai statues and possibly the place the Easter Bunny calls home.ltspangtSo for these reasons we decided that leaving Santiago and flying five and a half hours in the direction of home seems worth the effort despite the return flight to Chil http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-754731.html Destination The most remote inhabited island in the world Rapa Nui to the locals Isla de Pascua to the Latin Americans and Easter Island to the English speakers The island is Polynesian but belongs to Chile although it is 2180 miles West of the country. LAN are the only airline that fly to the island so the price is high with there being no competition it took 5hrs 30mins to get there from http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/blog-740460.html I knew very little about the Easter Island except that a bunch of Europeans anchored their ship and pitched their tents there on Easter day a couple of centuries ago. I was aware of the statues that littered the island but I think that was the extent of my knowledge. So visiting this place with the goal of expanding my knowledge was enticing enough. Months ago I reserved my ticket I was even ab http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-710241.html Sports followers are an interested bunch as they typically dwell and die with the achievement of their preferred groups. And when they have the potential to get more details than ever just before you can count on a rush of end users that will make even the most veteran app programmer green with envy. Accidents transpire news breaks in an instantaneous and there is little that superenthusiast http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-707272.html Last day. It39s almost over. Except for the painful part of flying for 2 days. Leaving Easter Island January 3rd arriving home late January 4th in theoryYYC.DFW.MIA.SCL.PLC.FTE.EZE.SCL.IPC.SCL.MIA.ORD.YYC 11 flightsWe allowed a sleep in again amazing we were getting used to this laziness so quickly partially because we didn39t want to go home and partially because neither of us wante http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-680017.html Easter Island. Hanga Roa. Rapa Nui. Isla de Pascua. Call it what you will but I do like Belly Button of the Earth. It39s appropriate and you do get that feeling when you are so so isolated from anything. Today was our last full day on the Island we had plans to go to the beach do some shopping relax enjoy and just chill. It had been 17 days of a full adventure on our vacation and the t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/Hanga-Roa/blog-680012.html