Enchanting Easter Island

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May 18th 2010

Published: May 19th 2010

Hello all we are just back from 6 amazing days on Easter Island!! Easter Island is an incredible place and also one of the most isolated places on earth. It lies bang in the middle of the South Pacific and a staggering 3700km west of Chile, its nearest land mass. The island is famous for its huge statues called Moai´s. How the statues were created and moved to each of the corners of the islan... Read Full Entry

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AdamandLouise

Hello All This is our travel blog for our trip around Africa, and all the places we have visited. We are shipping our Landrover out to Africa and will be picking it up in Walvis Bay Namibia We are planning on visiting the following countries Namibia Botswana Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi Mozambique Tanzania Rwanda Uganda South Africa Lesotho Swaziland We will write a different blog for each country we visit and post a route map and itinery of where we are going and planning to visit for each country here is a rough route map of our whole trip [worl... full info

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20th May 2010

Rob
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Birdman Suit
Do they sell the Birdmen suits there? I think I might want one for work. Hope you're having a good time. Rob.

20th May 2010

Emma McClement
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How many times
did you make Louise stand like a statue? The island looks amazing with the horses and the light and the statues. Where are you now and what is next? Can you put that in the end of your blogs please?

20th May 2010

AdamandLouise
Adam& Louise see the world

Hello Em In Santiago at min up next is a loop around northern chile and southern bolivia

20th May 2010

AdamandLouise
Adam& Louise see the world

Rob you should of said Iwould of got you one, can get you a bolivian butch casidy suit if you like???

6th June 2010

AdamandLouise
Adam& Louise see the world

No-one really knows how the islands became inhabited the statues were made as a sort of show of wealth and power by the tribes and as memorial, they mostly eat fish on the islands not sure why they stopped, think they became bad luck or something so they started to destroy them

16th June 2010

Rachel Baldwin
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Much better
Hi, I liked the photos in this blog much better than the last one. I love the statues, and Louise makes a good statue too. I notice you never stood like that though...

12th January 2012

Chris and Nikki
Chris

Hahahahahaha awesome picture.

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