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My Day of Living Dangerously: Part 2 - Impromptu Caving and No Helmet Motorbiking

CHILE | Sun, 7 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1520]

By the time I had finished my horse trek of doom, I didn´t have time to make the 5 hour uphill hike to Orongo, so headed over to the Tourist Office and got them to arrange a taxi to take me up. The driver seemed nice enough and spoke Spanish slowly and ... Read more >

Tags: caving, easter island, isla de pascua, motorbikes, orongo, rapa nui

My Day of Living Dangerously: Part 1 - I Fell Off a Horse

CHILE | Sat, 6 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1455]

On my third day in Easter Island, I manged to fall off a galloping horse, go caving on the spur of the moment and ride a motorcyle with no helmet. It was an action packed day. Thanks to my inability so summarise, I´ve decided to split up the entries ... Read more >

Tags: danger, easter island, falling off horse, horse riding, isla de pascua, rapa nui

I went to Easter Island and all I got was the best place in the world

CHILE | Wed, 3 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [2428]

Anyone who talked to me in the six months or so before I left on my travels will know I was fanatically obsessed with the fact that I was going to Easter Island and that I spent a considerable amount of time going on about it - to the point that my ... Read more >

Tags: camping, chile, easter island, isla de pascua, moai, rapa nui, tongariki

Photos: Various pics from my travels

WORLDWIDE | Thu, 29 Jul 2010 | By stowaway | Flickr Photo Gallery

Tags: castles, easter island, flickr, ireland, palmyra, photos, plane wreck, vanuatu, wadi rum

Ioranna Rapa Nui

CHILE | Wed, 28 Apr 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3214]

Our next destination was one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands, originally know to the locals as Te Pito o Te Henua, meaning navel of the world or the ends of the land. Today it’s known as Rapa Nui (Polynesian), Isla de Pascua (Spanish) ... Read more >

Tags: ahu, easter island, isla de pascua, moai, petroglyphs, rapa nui

Rod Stewart is to Easter Island as Tom Jones is to El Conti.

CHILE | Wed, 30 May 2007 | By homersmuse | Views [3118] | Comments [1]

My week long trip to Easter Island began with the appropriate apparel: adventure clothes. You know...extra-heavy-duty-gortex hiking boots, fannypacks, cowboy hats, and camoufloge bandanas, all of which feature super-duper-quick-dry technology. My travel ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, chile, easter island, tom jones

Hanga Roa, Easter Island

CHILE | Sun, 14 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [9132] | Comments [3]

The sun is out today, after another night of torrential rain. Ive been visiting the local markets & doing some souvineer shopping. Pretty much every single building sells tourist things of one shape or another. Hanga Roa is a small, sleepy town of ... Read more >

Tags: chile, easter island, moai, sightseeing

Photos: Easter Island

CHILE | Tue, 9 May 2006 | By stowaway | Photo Gallery

Tags: ahu, birdman cult, chile, crater, easter island, hanga roa, moai, navel of the world, rapa nui, volcano

Easter Island

CHILE | Tue, 9 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [7573] | Comments [12]

Well if you can land the space shuttle on the runway here, it must have pretty good brakes! Running from one side of the narrowest part of the almost triangular Easter island, the airport is wedged between 2 volcanoes at its sides and the sea at each ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, chile, easter island, moai, motorscooter, rano kau, rapa nui, space shuttle, stowaway, volcanoes