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CHILE | Sun, 7 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1521]
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
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
CHILE | Wed, 3 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [2432]
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
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
CHILE | Tue, 9 May 2006 | By stowaway | Photo Gallery
Rapanui - The Navel of the World
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Tags: ahu, birdman cult, chile, crater, easter island, hanga roa, moai, navel of the world, rapa nui, volcano
CHILE | Tue, 9 May 2006 | By stowaway | Views [7574] | 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