The Birdman Islands

After the demise of the culture that made the statues, the island followed a cult whereby the young men who wanted to be chief had to jump off this cliff, swim to these islands, then get the first bird's eggs of the spring from these islands. The first one back was made the chief for a year, and lived in a specially build village on the cliff.

Easter Island - wow!

September 12th 2004
Well, it´s been short but very sweet. We´re leaving Easter Island this evening and we´ve had a fab time here. The island is amazing, although the weather´s been a bit rubbish. We´ve climbed a volcano (and stood inside the crater - wow!), been to the beach, seen more Moai (big heads) than we can count and taken hundreds of photos... We´ve stayed in a really nice guest house, eaten good fo ... 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

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