Monday, December 27, 2010

Easter Island

Iorana!!!!!  (Hello translated from Rapa Nui)

Easter Island ( Rapa Nui) is a polynesian Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southerneastern most point of the polynesian triangle.

We arrived on Easter Island with a warm welcome from the local people, with music and flowers at the smallest airport we have ever seen!!

As soon as we got there, we were amazed of its beauty... we started to tour, of course seeing all the important Rapa Nui head stones, the beautiful beach and the extinct volcano with other sights around.

We spent a wonderful christmas day on Anakena beach,with crystal clear waters and tropical heat, at night time we went to see the  Rapa Nui culture dance show, it was very entertaining.

The culture was very interesting to see, the people were friendly, our local tour guides (the dogs) were very adorable, most were homeless but they became friends to us.  The sun was out most days, with one day only raining but in those sunny days, I did manage to turn mysaelf into a tomato.

This is just the beginning of our trip! we are in Santiago, Chile tonight and leave for Lima, Peru tomorrow!!

















Were we spent Christmas Day :-)