Ahu Nau Nau on the beach at Anakena

Rapa Nui

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April 15th 2008
I've always been fascinated by Easter Island, the idea of a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific, miles from anywhere, populated by a people who would then spend hundreds of years obsessively building these slightly bizarre looking stylized statues in ever-increasing sizes. So, time for a bit of history……… Easter Island was populated in the 5th or 6th century, probably by Polynesia ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island

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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