Open and Treeless

From Tahiti to Easter Island to Chile

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April 22nd 2006
Journal No. 44 4/22/06 About 15 days ago we were in French Polynesia. We first stayed in Papeete, Tahiti and it was very boring. The hotel had no cooling system and I didnt get any sleep. The next day we took a ferry to the island, Moorea. When we got our bags off, they were covered with fish guts. We took a bus to a hotel on the water and stayed there for 6 days. All I did was kayak and do scho ... 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