Chile and Easter Island

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June 18th 2007

Published: September 8th 2007

Day 167 to Day 172 ( 13.06.07 - 18.06.07 ) A tiny isolated place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Going to Easter Island is something we never thought would happen to us, but fate had it in our hands that gave us wind of news of a ticket sale on at Lan airline....the only airline that flies the 5 hr flight to Easter Island, and we were there at the right time luckily! As one of the world's ... Read Full Entry

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The Hole!

now any walker would do the same....see an opening and wonder whats down there, surely, and then want to see for yourself........(see next pic)

Ana Kai Tangata - a looking cave!

We found this cave by chance - there ws a hole in the ground, a narrow opening that led out to a huge cave that looked out through the cliffs on to the Pacific Ocean

Ahu Akivi - 7 moais!

we trekked around the island one fine day and hardly saw a soul, but plenty of Moais, these fellas were the only ones to face the ocean, as all the others face inland to protect the islanders

Tahai Complex at sunset

we watched the sun set upon these moais after a long day exploring, a memorable sight!

Goodnight Moai

the sun goes down on another day on these ancient statues

On night watch

Light up dramatically this moai watches as people walk to and from the town, we're sure this was not what he was intended for, but it was cool all the same

Birds-eye Santiago (sort of)

Cold and windy as it was the middle of winter, from this viewing point we had limited views - the winter smog hiding most of teh city and the snowcapped mountians in the background - we are told it is beautiful in summer, but guess it has to be seen to be believed, the city was more highrise and modern than we had imagined though!

Santiago, past and present

on the top of a hill stood this cannon which would have once fired out onto invaders, and now points towards the modern highrise city!

The Lake District - Chile

A beautiful lake in Chile's lake district, only slightly different to Argentina's lake district across the Alps!

Trekking in Chile's Lake District

A perfect winter's day here in southern Chile, cold wet and snowy...we didn't really have snow-wear and almost got lost in the white wonderland around this mountian top lake.

Pucon, southern Chile

this dramatic volcano dominated this little mountain side village and was the highlight of our visit here, can't believe we nearly missed it though, as after 3 days of total cloud, one morning it was just there!

Active volcano in Pucon

With chimmneys smoking and log fires roaring, the village here was very inviting, a place we would love to come back to one day, our favourite place in Chile!

9th September 2007

Foltas
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Nicenice...
Det ser helt underbart ut... ser dock lite roligt ut med mycket kläder på er i Chile.. har alltid trott det var sommar året runt där... men det är väl bara för att ni är högt upp kanske.. hare bra hejhej...

10th September 2007

Márcia
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So good see you again, boys! We are missing you a lot! Send news all the time. We are always praying for you. Víctor, Nando e Gui are sending kisses. Sade too!! We love you!!!! Márcia and family

11th September 2007

Tim (ANS)
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How will you cope?
comming back to Manchester and back to humdrum 9 to 5 life ???

18th June 2009

barbara gaines
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small moais
i would like to no if there were small moais carve

2nd August 2009

bob shank
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moai
Great article. I have always been interested in going to E.I. Hope to get there someday before it gets screwed up. I live in Pa. so I guess I'd have to get to Chile from Philadelphia, or Baltimore. Thanks again for that great article.

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