Blogs from Easter Island, Chile, South America - page 9

Vrijdag 4 februari , Het paaseiland, We slapen in Santiago in het zelfde hotel als de vorige keer dat we hier waren, ik zou niet meer weten hoe lang dat geleden is ,het benul van tijd is hier volkomen verdwenen.! We gaan natuurlijk om 6 uur nog even deze gezellige stad in,nu met de taxi , het is hier allemaal nogal groot .! Boven op een berg staat een enorm groot,wit beeld van Santa Lucia,wat vanaf ,bijna, elke plaats in deze immense stad is te zien, dat is waar we heen gaan. Het laatste stuk de berg op gaan we met een kabeltreintje van 1823,daar zullen de kinderziektes dus wel uit zijn, van waar uit we een uniek uitzicht hebben op de stad. Het is schitterend mooi weer, volop zon, geen wolkje aan de lucht en ... read more

Reckless and expensive? Yes. But you can only really get to Easter Island from Chile, and what are the chances of us being in Santiago again with a few days to kill? Slim. I blame my brother. We were so sad after he left us in New Zealand that we went ahead and booked our flights to cheer ourselves up. So, this week was spent on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, a speck of volcanic rock a 5-hour flight away across the Pacific, 2000 miles from the nearest land mass and the most remote inhabited place on earth. Landing there was a bit like when James Bond arrives on a tropical island - drummers playing, hula girls putting flowers around peoples' necks, the whole island out to meet the plane, dogs barking, palm trees swaying, and ... read more

Hello from Chile! “you must do the thing you think you cannot do” Im not sure who said that or if its a true quote but here i am doing it. Except after my sabbatical I knew i could do it….! That’s quite a yummy feeling. Ive bought a second flat, left the security of my job and flown thousands of kilometers to come back to a continent that grabbed my heart the first time round. 24 hours of travelling, leaving the cold, grey wetness of autumnal London arriving to the hot sunshine of Santiago and 7 months (at least!) of adventure lie ahead! Iberia were as dreadful as I remember and my 3 hr stopover in Madrid airport was all too familiar of previous sojourns in its wooden vaulted architecturally award winning space. 1100 pounds ... read more

Hola, So we got up at the crack of dawn and went to the airport for our first flight in over a month. Where were we going you ask? Well, we were off to Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua. Still trying to figure it out? How about its more famous named: Easter Island. It is 3760 kilometres away from anything, and is thus the most remote lace on earth. The flight was only 5 hours or so, and when we arrived we were gived leis by Camping Mihinoa and then they drove us to our hostel which was located on a penninsula overlooking the waves of the South Pacific crashing on to the rocks on the shoreline. We wandered the capital of Hango Roa, but it was Sunday and during siesta time so everything was ... read more

Tuesday 3.8.2010 day 293 Quad biking around Rapa Nui We woke up to the most fantastic sunrise and a beautiful sunny day so we headed to the markets and got some more freshly caught fish from the market this time we got a smaller fish about ½ k for about $5 Aus dollars. Then we walked to the bike shop and picked up our Quad Bike and got the same two helmets (including my very big one). We dropped the fish back home and took a packed lunch with us. We headed to Orongo were the bird man ritual were held and the site of a fantastic volcano creator. The bird man ritual started after they got rid of the heads so instead of leaders being born they now chose the braves and strongest men to ... read more