Ahu Ko Te Riko - staring right back at us!

This is the only remaining moai with eyes - the villagers stole all the eyes from the other moais because they wanted the coral shell from which they are made! Was a bit strange to see this moai looking down on us after seeing all the others eyeless!

Chile and Easter Island

June 18th 2007
Day 167 to Day 172 ( 13.06.07 - 18.06.07 ) A tiny isolated place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Going to Easter Island is something we never thought would happen to us, but fate had it in our hands that gave us wind of news of a ticket sale on at Lan airline....the only airline that flies the 5 hr flight to Easter Island, and we were there at the right time luckily! As one ... read more

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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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