Easter Island - The real thing

Rented a car with some friends and drove all around the island, walked to the top of the island, did some snorkeling in a beautiful beach in a small coral reef. This is Easter Island, the most remote place in the world!!:

View from the top of the island, the Terevaka hill. Pic of the vulcano where the Rapa Nui took the stones to built the moai:

Standing on the seaside before entering one of the island caves close to Tanai:

The seven moais of Ahu Akivi:

At the 2-window cave:

The Tongariki moais (the famous ones):

David, Minming, Sach, Nesla and Pato (the car group):

The same group at Anakena beach before the moais:

With Nesla and Minming before the Tongariki moais:

Me moai:

The Kari-Kari dancers, very spectacular:

Posing before the Orongo crater, amazing:

Typical bird of the island (some kind of buzzard):

I was just happy:

The only 7 moais who look to the ocean, Ahu Akivi:

Anakena beach:

Moais at the beach:

Sach going up to grab some coconuts (he did not make it...):

The Tongariki moais at sunset:

 

The most amazing place of  Easter Island, the Rano Raraku:

Again before the 15 moais:

A giant sea-turtle!!:

She came to the boats at a small harbor:

Yes, Easter Island is far away from everywhere:

A sea hedgehog (I cut it afterwards and eat it, did not taste much like anything):

With the people of the hostel:

A guayaba (I grabbed it on my way to the Tarakena and ate it):

Most typical flower from Easter Island:

At the Terevaca top:

With Rodrigo at the Terevaca (had a great day with you, man):

The Orongo crater, the most spectacular one:

The crater at Rano Raraku:

View from Rano Raraku:

Field view close to the Terevaka:

Easter Island has been without doubt one of the best things of this trip so far, maybe because I did not expect it to be (that is the trick actually to enjoy the places). Next stop Temuco in the Chilean Araucaria region!

Easter Island - First Contact

Today arrived to Easter Island. Here some pics of the first contact with the moais and the landscape...

A look at the hostel where I stay:

A pic of a flower (many new ones here):

Pic of an old pic:

Next to a moai at the museum:

The only moai with eyes in the world:

Before the sunset:

With some of the moais in the background:

Sunset:

And tomorrow... the real thing!

Santiago de Chile

Back in time through the Pacific Ocean, arrived to Santiago, dirty ugly city with some hidden charms inside...

Panoramic view from the Santa Lucia park, if you look closely there are actually mountains behind the polution:

Mapuche figure, symbol of the resistance against the spanish conquistadores:

The spanish visitor:

Nice street at the park:

Reading-under-the-Autumn-trees guy from the terrace of the park:

Pre-colombine figure at the museum:

The musician and the warrior (500 BC):

Mapuche figures:

Passage at the Santa Lucia park:

And tomorrow more, before Eastert Island!