Volcano Parinacota

Easter Island, Santiago and the Atacama Desert

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July 8th 2006
Easter Island Some 3,600 km west of Chile mainland and 2,000 km east of Pitcairn Island, Easter Island, also known as Isla de Pascua, formerly Te Pito Te Henua (navel of the world) is called Rapa Nui by the locals and is the most isolated inhabited island in the World. The question we asked ourselves therefore was how on earth did the Polynesians find this place back in 400 or 800 AD an ... read more

South America » Chile

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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