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22 April 2007
We landed at Los Angeles in the early afternoon. Because Air New Zealand uses Terminal 2, the manouvering and parking for the large jet was tight, so it is normal to have the aircraft towed to its final position. But it seemed strange that the aircraft was being towed with its engine roaring. Once we […]
23 October 2005
We have a day to kill today, with our departure at 2200 tonight. Plans for horse-riding and various other options got washed away by the rain. We took it easy, really easy. In fact, we went back to bed after breakfast! After a late lunch around 1400 at Cafe Ra’a (again), we wandered to the […]
22 October 2005
The West Coast Today we set off in a different direction after breakfast. We drove along the west coast of the island. We were on a dirt track rather than a road, which took us to Ahu Tepeu’s small colllection of moais. There were also elliptical and round rock bases of old houses. We didn’t […]
21 October 2005
Rano Kau Crater We headed out in our Daihatsu Terios after breakfast, heading south behind the airport runway, going uphill towards Rano Kau crater. The crater is located in the south-western tip of the island. It was also where the park admission fee was collected. Rano Kau crater was a beautiful sight, not just with […]
20 October 2005
Flying to Easter Island The flight from Papeete to Easter Island took about 5h. The LAN Chile 767 Business Class seats were like the old Air New Zealand First Class ones. It had good pitch and seemed very wide. I had a good but short sleep. Two snack/breakfast services were offered for the flight. Neither were […]
26 May 2005
Mini sightseeing I woke around 0600 and managed to get ourselves downstairs for breakfast at 0700. Kim organised a rental car by phone with Lucky Cars located at the Howard Johnson Hotel. They have some very beaten up cars that wouldn’t be legal in some countries. Kim s is a regular customer of theirs on […]
29 April 2004
We checked out after breakfast. A voucher was required for payment to the Daytona Beach hotel but we hadn’t received it. But the lady at reception said she would sort it out. It was nearly 4h driving south to Fort Lauderdale. We stopped for fuel and a Subway lunch in the city of Jupiter about […]
25 October 2003
Today is our second (of two) full day in Los Angeles. Yesterday, we got a rental car and went to some of the places that Kim likes. He’s here once or twice a month as crew and knows the various places well. We did a little bit of shopping and eating. But being carless today, […]