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Easter Island Moai Statues. Pacific Chile.
Easter Island, is Chilean territory, known locally in Spanish as Isla de Pascua. It's one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world and now has around 6000 residents, 60 percent are descendants of the aboriginal Rapa Nui. At the end of the 19th Century the population was just a little over 100, down from an estimated 15000 a few centuries earlier.
The nearest inhabited island is over 1200 miles away, Pitcairn, where the mutineers from HMS Bounty settled, it has only 50 residents, most of whom are descended from Fletcher Christian and his men. Anyway enough about Pitcairn, I would love to have went there, but alas we had to get back to Peru, where Machu Picchu had only just reopened to the public after extensive flooding and landslides. Anyway enough about Peru.
If you have the time or the inclination, Easter Island is a must see if you are in New Zealand or Chile, the only places from which direct flights were available at time of my limited research. Given the cost of the average package holiday, money is not a real barrier. However, the place is not exactly teaming with hotels and restaurants, but locals await every flight at arrivals, advertising their properties and live-in facilities,and this is how most travellers choose where to stay. We shared a place by the sea overlooking the South Pacific, enough said, really. Never seen anything quite like it to be honest. A real photographer would feast on a thousand and one photo opportunities here. The volcanic crater, in the south west,and the black volcanic rock coastline, are at least as spectacular, in terms of nature, as many of the 900 statues are, in terms of culture. Unfortunately, I travelled with a camera that cost £9.99 from Boots the Chemist, which was a big mistake, But the location is such that even I managed to get some good shots.
Apologies in advance for the longevity of this prose. If you persevered, I commend you, for your interest and your patience ;-)
Thanks and All the Best.
Easter Island Moai Statues. Pacific Chile.
Easter Island, is Chilean territory, known locally in Spanish as Isla de Pascua. It's one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world and now has around 6000 residents, 60 percent are descendants of the aboriginal Rapa Nui. At the end of the 19th Century the population was just a little over 100, down from an estimated 15000 a few centuries earlier.
The nearest inhabited island is over 1200 miles away, Pitcairn, where the mutineers from HMS Bounty settled, it has only 50 residents, most of whom are descended from Fletcher Christian and his men. Anyway enough about Pitcairn, I would love to have went there, but alas we had to get back to Peru, where Machu Picchu had only just reopened to the public after extensive flooding and landslides. Anyway enough about Peru.
If you have the time or the inclination, Easter Island is a must see if you are in New Zealand or Chile, the only places from which direct flights were available at time of my limited research. Given the cost of the average package holiday, money is not a real barrier. However, the place is not exactly teaming with hotels and restaurants, but locals await every flight at arrivals, advertising their properties and live-in facilities,and this is how most travellers choose where to stay. We shared a place by the sea overlooking the South Pacific, enough said, really. Never seen anything quite like it to be honest. A real photographer would feast on a thousand and one photo opportunities here. The volcanic crater, in the south west,and the black volcanic rock coastline, are at least as spectacular, in terms of nature, as many of the 900 statues are, in terms of culture. Unfortunately, I travelled with a camera that cost £9.99 from Boots the Chemist, which was a big mistake, But the location is such that even I managed to get some good shots.
Apologies in advance for the longevity of this prose. If you persevered, I commend you, for your interest and your patience ;-)
Thanks and All the Best.