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Moai Revelations

The rain had finally stopped and the sun was out. Raphael had already left to explore the island, but we were feeling a bit rough and the ''Gato Negro'' had stained our mouths purple. The children had warned us the previous night that we shouldn't be drinking cheap rubbish like that and it seems...

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The Happy Couple on September 10, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

... in Which We are Entirely

== Surrounded by Water== Our second morning on Easter Island we had learned to be quick, so got up before the school children for breakfast. This time we were able to find food at places next to each other and get a fair amount of meat and cheese. We had been planning to go to the main...

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The Happy Couple on September 9, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Where the Hell is Michael?

First off I have to apologise for the number of photos crammed into this bog entry, but what are you suppose to do in somewhere like Easter Island? There are some bonus ones at the end. The six hour flight from Santiago to Easter Island was quite rough and when it came to the descent, the...

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The Happy Couple on September 7, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Day 7/8 - Self Touring Easter Island

We rented an ATV for the day to putt around the island and check out sites we missed on the full day tour. We headed up one of the 3 volcanos on the island - Rano Kau. The volcanos are where much of the island's rain water is collected. What was a little shocking to us was what they DO in...

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yungwesl on January 13, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Sandy and Wes in South America

Day 6 - Easter Island Tour

We were very happy to have joined a full day tour to learn more about the history of the island and see some sights we probably would have missed. The top knot in this photo is actually representative of the red hair of the settlers tied up in a knot. So the original polynesian settlers had...

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yungwesl on January 12, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Sandy and Wes in South America

Day 5 - Easter Island

We got in around 1pm after a 5 hour flight from Santiago. Our first Mission? Check out the Moai close to our hotel. It's hard to describe the magic of being next to these statues in the flesh (Stone). Our first Moai was in Ahu Tahai which is a fully restored Moai with the eyes still in tact...

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yungwesl on January 11, 2009 from Hanga Roa, Chile

from the travel blog: Sandy and Wes in South America