Taha Tai Easter Island
Chile Apina Nui Easter Island, Chile
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Moai and Mystery
We flew into Rapa Nui - Easter Island - from Santiago. It's a five hour flight and that gives you some idea how far it is from the mainland!
The airport is fantastic in that it's just wooden huts, some statues and a long airstrip. You really feel like you've arrived at the edge of the world.
We had again booked a mini tour …
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I Predict a Riot
... cannons trained on us - the riot police did try and move us on, but of course people love watching a spectacle and we weren't going anywhere. So they started up the water cannons as a more direct hint. Jo and I ducked under the subway entrance with a bunch of other pedestrians. Trevor disappeared off into a shop doorway. It was like a scary version of playing in the garden with the water hose when you were five years old. We all got soaked and had what felt like sunburn on our faces ...
Easter island
... apologised for the delay and explained the ash had covered our path. They had worked frantically to find another route around. I had another theory that the Pilot had a hang over and wanted an extra hour to sleep it off. Well all that mattered was we took off and were on our way.
The flight was monotonous with **** films and rubbish food. When I first saw the island from the air you quickly realise the island is ...
Hot in Chile
... ve nearly been in the paper more times in South America than in East Grinstead!
The next morning we learned the water had receded 50 metres but no oversized wave had been generated thank goodness.
Back in Santiago we waited patiently for our flight to New Zealand. We both experienced strange and unexpected feelings, a mix of nerves and excitement. Suddenly Camilla and I realised we had become conditioned to the South ...
Stranded In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean
... I sat having breakfast before my full day island tour and casually asked Claudio what time we'd leave for the airport tomorrow (4th) and he replied that the airport was shut for 3 days for runway repairs! So, I headed, or to be precise, ran, to the LAN office in Hanga Roa to be told that this was the case and my flight off the island was on the 7th. They said they'd e-mailed me the changes, but I hadn't received them, and that they'd tried to phone, but I ...



