Articles from this Category
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 […]