Today we flew from Santiago to Easter Island. The flight was totally full and was a wide body plane with a 3-3-3 configuration. We had extended leg room seats which was an unexpected treat. They even served a hot meal. Rapa Nui is a remote Chilean territory and is one of the most isolated inhabited locations on Earth The entire island is a UNESCO World Heritage site, This is the picture of the screen of our flight path.
The native language is
Rapa Nui and Iorana is like saying Aloha in Hawaii. The picture is the sign with this greeting when we arrived at the airport.
We were also greeted with leis made from leaves and island music.
We did see some of the carvings late evening before having dinner.
Today was not my best travel day. I was in a crappy mood when we arrived at our hotel. For the first three weeks there were 22 in our group. We had an outstanding tour leader - organized, great communication, cheerful. We are now a group of 9. They are all wonderful people but we have a new guide. Her style is much different and I haven't adjusted very well. Plus we are back to hot and humid which is not my best travel weather. The island only has 8000 permanent residents. We have a local tour guide who is Rapa Nui and he is excellent. He said last year there were 100, 050 tourists who visited the island. Tourism is almost the only industry on the island.
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Sorry for the travel challenges - the pictures still look great! (And you are now just a hop skip and a jump from New Zealand!) -Mark
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