It was much darker than the photo suggests.

The cruise ship was in for two days but didn't really see many passengers in town.

Moais were only given eyes for the burial ceremony itself, not sure why this one has eyes.

Moais in town that we didn't visit as part of our tour.

It seems anything goes in the cemetery, no rules or regulations here.

Mural of a Birdman, they are always depicted in this strong and powerful way.

It was light and sweet and gooey at the same time.

This sums up Easter Island, I can understand why they don't want to be turned into a little Hawaii.

A mini pineapple on its own sick, was very sweet, though definitely not big enough!

The departure lounge, Easter Island style.

A Very, Very Long Day

February 19 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

Up at 4:45 this morning to be picked up and taken to watch the sunrise at Tongariki. There were only 5 of us in the minibus and I could understand why at that time of the morning.

There were already quite a few people there when we arrived. These sunrise things always sound better than they really are and to be honest this really wasn't an exception. It was worth doing but not much more than that.

We got back to the room around 9am but our flight wasn't until 4pm so spent the morning strolling around town, lunch, then our accommodation owner drove us to the airport and gave us a good luck charm for a safe journey, which was really sweet of her.

With the two hour time change it was 23:15 by the time we got to our hotel in Santiago. A pretty long day by the time we got to bed at well gone midnight.Read more