Manu Nui Inn Easter Island

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... our cabin so we spent a bit of time catching up. I find it amazing that in the middle of nowhere we can talk to people all over the world. I even had a talk to my dad and daughter in Australia.

Well here we are, warts and all. The rain was not going to stop us exploring. We took off for Anakena, a reconstructed site. This next shot shows the wind we were experiencing
Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile luvntravln

... of this extinct volcano. At the lip of the crater was a silent reedy lake, we that was until Laura and Zoe visited and a stanpied of horses flew down the hill towards them, leaving them running for safety. We then returned to Hanga Roa to do some shopping for tea before returning to cook and eat as we were all really hungry. We were also all really tired after a long day and a busy one at that, we showered and played cards before bed. 29th April 2009 Woke by alarm at 9 ...

... However, no sunset went unseen each day, plus I did manage to pedal the circumference of the island in a repeated tour of sights, just at a much gentler yet sweatier pace. After the isle of Jersey, it's the second island I've traversed in the saddle. I form an ambitious notion that I'll try to cycle around forty islands by the time I'm forty, though I'm not sure quite why I'll want to give myself the gift of a leather rectum as a notable birthday present.


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... t buy water outside of Hanga Roa) we set off on an 8 hour marathon of the major archaeological sites. Patricio, our guide, was very enthusiastic & knowledgeable; he explained how all the Moai (there are nearly 1,000 in total) had been toppled over in an inter-tribal war about 500 years ago, just before the first Europeans discovered the island. This tribal war was between the "long ears" or ruling class & the "short ears" or working class ...

... scuba divers and traveling on budget chilean families. The camp was in excellent location - right by the coast lined with broken volcanic rocks and with the best sunset view in 2000 miles radius zone. The plan for the day was simple - to walk to the most moai free and, thus, the least visited northern part of the island, across its highest point - Maunga Terevaca. First I headed to Hanga Roa, the capital, which was about 20 minutes from the camp. On my way I passed ...

... torsos, the figures kneeling on bent knees with their hands over their stomach. Some upright moai have become buried up to their necks by shifting soils. Almost all (95%) moais were carved out of distinctive, compressed, easily worked volcanic ash or tuff found at a single site inside the extinct volcano Rano Raraku. The native islanders who carved them used only stone hand chisels, mainly basalt toki, which still lie in place all over the quarry. The ...

... friend from teh hostel we were taking the same plane so we set off from teh hotel together bt seeing we were oth 'broke' we walked half an hour with all our stuff to the airport and didnt take a taxi. This is the first time I have walked to an airport, but this must also be the first time where it is possible because in places like Paris it just not possible to walk to the airport. P.S. internet is soo slow I cnat even upload one foto. Hopefully I will be able to do this in Tahiti

... pasta to last me a couple of days. I went to bed right after dinner. 30/10/2008 (THU) I wanted to do at least one dive, and it would be my first time in more than 4 years. I woke up early and went to the dive ...

I don't think I've ever been to a place that's so isolated than Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it's called by the locals. It was quite amusing seeing our flight path from Tahiti - it was literally from one dot to another and the rest of the screen was filled with the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean.    Easter Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world; the closest landmass is about 4,000 km way! Frits and I arrived here after a 4.5 hour flight from ...