An island woman showing her wares of jewelry and crudely carved stone stutuettes. Instead of the hordes of shops lining the roads near tourist watering holes, we found mostly impromptu solitary enterprises like this one.
Easter Island - Home of Man Eaters and Moais February 7th 2006 EASTER ISLAND
Five days of cruising the South Pacific from the coast of South America brought us to Easter Island. This is a tiny volcanic island 2000 miles from any population center - about halfway between South America to the east and Tahiti to the west. The closest other inhabited island is over a thousand miles away - tiny Pitcairn Island where the mutineers of the H.M.S. Bounty settled in ... 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
Mary and I are taking a world cruise and would like to learn more about the places we will visit as well as inform our friends and family of our travels....... full info