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South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa November 3rd 2008

Nun sind wir endlich an dem Ort angekommen, auf den wir uns am meisten gefreut hatten. Nach 5 Stunden Flug übers offene Meer sind wir gestern auf der Osterinsel gelandet. Nachdem wir herzlich mit einer Blumenkette begrüsst wurden, haben wir auch schon die ersten Moais gesehen. Das sind die tollen Statuen, die jeder kennt und weshalb man überhaupt hier her kommt, auf eine Insel, mitten im Pazifik, 3700km von jeder Zivilisation entfernt. Heute haben wir uns dann einen Jeep ausgeborgt und haben die Insel erkundet. Überall an der Küste findet man die Moais manchmal einzeln, manchmal mehr auf einmal, manchmal stehend, manchmal liegend und manchmal mit Hut. Hier lassen wir uns so richtig treiben, abseits von der restlichen Welt. Essen ist teuer, daher kochen wir nun wirklich selbst. Morgen schauen wir uns noch die übrigen Sehenswürdigkeiten ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa November 2nd 2008

Valparaiso, Santiago and Easter Island, a Bit of Everything - by George They're all part of the same country, they're all on roughly the same line of latitude, a rarity for Chile, and they're all hot at this time of year. These are about all the similarities I can find for the trio, a fun but diverse set of places to discover. Fresh from our stay in Mendoza we headed over the Andes to Chile, one of the World's most environmentally diverse countries and a true freak of nature. I challenge anyone to find a country with a greater North/South coverage of the World. Border formalities on entering Chile stand out on our travels. Their focus seems to be entirely on not letting rogue fruit, food and animal products in; something which could wreak havoc for ... read more
Valparaiso Street Scene
Shanty Colour
Funicular

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa October 16th 2008

Pues bueno, de nuevo en santiago, acabamos justo de volver de isla de pascua. Doce dias como doce soles, con pedazo luna llena incluida los dos ultimos dias, puestas de sol, arcoiris...Bueno, que estamos tan contentos y que nos lo hemos pasado requetebien. Han sido muchos dias, tantos que nos ha dado tiempo a volver una y otra vez a ver los sitios mas bonitos de la isla, el volcan rano raraku, con sus moais a medias, los que quedaron inacabados a saber por que, enterrados hasta el cuello en la tierra. Tambien hemos visto todos los que estan de pie, los que tiraron ellos mismos, los rapa nui, con sus guerras, y la fila de 15, impresionantes... Con bici, andando las mas de las veces, a jalon, hemos recorrido sin parar toda la isla de ... read more
moai de lao
petroglifos en aldea orongo
encaje de piedras

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa October 10th 2008

Day 98: Sunday 5th October - Arriving in Rapa Nui and climbing up to Rano Kau I need a guy in the bunk below to wake me as I end up sleeping through two alarms. Fortunately I make my flight but I feel rough on the taxi ride to the airport and also sat about the airport.....maybe it wasn't a good idea staying up drinking to the early hours?! The flight leaves at 8am and it is five and a half hours to Easter Island, which although a Chilean territory, is almost 4000km from the coast of South America. Easter Island happens to be the most isolated place on earth, being almost 2000km to the nearest inhabited island. The airline which is the Chilean national airline, LAN, is very good. One of the best airlines I've ... read more
1. The Easter Island parliament building!
3. Ranu Kao Volcano, Easter Island
4. Orongo Village, Easter Island

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa September 5th 2008

We are getting to know Santiago airport really well now, this is our 3rd visit in 4 weeks. Our first impression of Easter Island was that it wasn't long enough to land our plane. We were later to learn that not only is it big enough but it's built to accomodate an emergency landing of the shuttle and the Concord has also landed there....so much for my knowledge of airstrips! Up to a day before we arrived we still hadn't booked any accomodation and Jackie was getting a bit worried that we would arrive and have no bed so ended up booking this accomodation from the Lonely Planet book which indicated that it was mid range but I think we have a different idea of what constitutes mid range....at about $200 per night I feel it's ... read more
The airport at Easter Island
Easter Island looking from the south
Looking toward Hanga Roa

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa September 1st 2008

Na het inleveren van de huurauto en na het inchecken voor onze vlucht morgen, en aangezien Dirk zo verkouden is dat we de duik van vandaag moeten afzeggen, besluiten we in de plaats Hanga Roa te blijven en op souvenirjacht te gaan: op pad naar de artesanal market tegenover de kerk… En we hebben zeker wat mooie spullen kunnen kopen….! Dan onze buit naar het hotel brengen, de travelblog bijwerken en dan lunchen bij Kai Mana, waar we heerlijke spaghetti tonijn hebben gegeten. En we kunnen het toch nog niet laten: snel nog een souvenirwinkeltje in en wat spulletjes kopen… Terug naar het hotel, want morgen gaan we vliegen en Dirk is toch echt verkouden… :( Lonely planet: Hanga Roa: population: 3800 With all the attractions almost on its doorstep, Hanga Roa makes the obvious base ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa August 30th 2008

Vanmorgen heel vroeg opstaan want om 6 uur staat de taxi alweer voor de deur van het hotel. Want vanmorgen vliegen we naar…. Paaseiland! Het vliegtuig stijgt om half 9 op en we landen rond 2 uur ‘s middags (er is nog een tijdsverschil tussen Paaseiland en Santiago van 2 uur; dus Santiago-tijd landen we rond 4 uur ‘s middags) Snel de koffers in ons hotel Gomero afleveren en dan op pad. We lopen eerst naar het kleine haventje, waar we wat info vragen voor het duiken op Paaseiland. Maandag zouden we mee kunnen op een guided dive. Dan lopen we verder langs het water waar we de eerst Moai-beelden kunnen fotograferen! Na het wandelen langs de beelden hebben we honger gekregen en gaan we laat lunchen bij Merahi Ra’a, dan een auto regelen voor morgen ... read more
02-Welkom op Rapa Nui
03-Bloemenketting
04-Bloemenketting

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa August 21st 2008

Rapa Nui is a small island with a small town, Hanga Roa. We, Me, Jut, Pete, Dan, and Cristina came to Rapa Nui to do a biological inventory of some of the caves. We all fell in love with the island and the people, it is very laid back! It rained 4 out of 8 days, but this didn't stop us, we caved, mapped and collected bugs. We had one day to look around the island, so we took the truck and cruised the the whole island in the rain. The Moai ( the heads) were all over the island and we visited the quarry where the were carved, no mystery here, no aliens. Enjoy the photos. I return to the states on August 23rd. I can't wait to get back to my beautiful wife Leslie, ... read more
LAN
Boats
countryside

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa July 5th 2008

Well, we are really are finally here. For the history of Easter Island, please consult Lonely Planet or your local library or if you are lazy, try Wikipedia. Needless to say the five hour flight was worth it. It is interesting in that I came to this place with a whole bunch of questions about the Moai. I am leaving with more. It seems that in absence of written information about the histoy of the Island, Rapa Nui´s people rely on the oral tradition. Considering that small pox nearly wiped out the population (down to a little more than 100 native survivors), lack of natural resourses and fighting between clans (long ears vs. short ears....I am not making this up) that it is amazing that there is as much information as there is. As far as ... read more
I think someone is watching us
Up to our necks in Moai
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

South America » Chile » Easter Island » Hanga Roa June 25th 2008

After 4,000km of little but ocean beneath the plane, I was excited to finally see a small island out of the window. Easter Island's human history is short, in all likelihood less than 1,500 years, however that history has generated enormous debate in circles ranging from the purely academic to the best-seller lists. The bare bones of the story are that a society arose in which the carving of enormous moai (stone sculptures) had a central role. Over a period of time, the society broke down and the moai were toppled from their ahus (stone pedestals), leaving the island's appearance pretty much the same as it is today. "All" that's missing is a consensus on the whys and wherefores of the detail. DNA evidence has shown that Easter Island, aka Rapa Nui aka Isla de Pascua, ... read more
Sunset and canoer
Moai lobes
Crater lake




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