Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island is a remote island of 6000 people five hours flight from Santiago. It is stunningly beautiful, photos don't do it justice especially as it rained on and off for my first two days there. Tourists flock there despite it being extremely expensive. My last minute decision to visit meant I got to fly out Premium Business class, fully flat sleepers have now ruined me!
A volcano crater on the very south of the island. One of the few places that still has native animal and plant life. The lack of water source meant that the native people almost destroyed the native habitat and themselves.
But of course most people come to see the moai (statues) and they are extremely impressive.
Both the restored ones, the ones half submerged in the quarry and the ones scattered around the island, slowly deteriorating. Amazing to think that men spent over a year making each one and then almost as long transporting and setting them up.
Even the cemetery is pretty...
A volcano crater on the very south of the island. One of the few places that still has native animal and plant life. The lack of water source meant that the native people almost destroyed the native habitat and themselves.
But of course most people come to see the moai (statues) and they are extremely impressive.
Both the restored ones, the ones half submerged in the quarry and the ones scattered around the island, slowly deteriorating. Amazing to think that men spent over a year making each one and then almost as long transporting and setting them up.
Even the cemetery is pretty...
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