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  Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Estamos de volta a Santiago do Chile. Quando levantámos vôo em Hanga Roa chovia "a potes"!! Antes de contarmos a nossa experiência na ilha das estátuas queríamos agradecer a todos os que nos acompanham. E para os mais "viciados", aqui têm de novo a vossa "dose" ;)
Rapa Nui é o nome original da ilha e significa "terra grande". Hanga Roa, a única cidade da ilha, significa "baía larga". As estátuas que se encontram espalhadas pela ilha chamam-se Moai. O primeiro europeu chegou a esta ilha num Domingo de Páscoa, daí ser conhecida oficialmente por este nome. Na ilha vivem cerca de 5 mil pessoas, a principal actividade económica é o turismo e as duas línguas faladas são o Rapa Nui e o espanhol. Há dois pormenores interessantes: é a ilha habitada mais isolada do mundo e é considerada o maior museu a céu aberto do mundo.
Não tínhamos nada planeado quando aterrámos. Foi fácil encontrar sítio para ficar e, como é costume, demos logo uma primeira volta de reconhecimento a pé em Hanga Roa. Fizémos um tour de meio dia com guia, uma autência aula de História! A partir daí decidimos alugar um jipe e partir à descoberta do resto da ilha. Queríamos ver um nascer do sol mas nunca acordámos a tempo. O tempo esteve sempre óptimo, sempre com algumas nuvens que nos proporcionaram excelentes por-do-sol! Para além das estátuas, a ilha está cheia de cavalos selvagens, mas de selvagem só o nome.
O ritmo de vida na ilha é de tal forma calmo que parece que todos os dias são dias de fim-de-semana. Sendo uma ilha "perdida" no meio do Pacífico, com uma população super simpática e temperaturas mínimas de 15 graus no Inverno, pode-se dizer que é um Paraíso na Terra!

We're back in Santiago. When we took off from Hanga Roa it was raining cats and dogs!! Before we tell you about our little experience in the island of statues we wanted to thank all our readers. And for the "junkie" ones, here is your "shot" ;)
Rapa Nui is the island's original name and means "big land". Hanga Roa is the only city and means "large bay". The island's famous statues are called Moai. The first european arrived on an Easter Sunday, giving it its official name (Easter Island). About 5000 people live in the island, turism is its main economical activity and the two spoken languages are Rapa Nui and spanish. Two interesting details: its the most remote populated island in the world and its considered to be the biggest open air museum in the world.
We had nothing planned when we landed. It was easy to find a place to stay and, as usual, we dropped our stuff and went for a recog tour in Hanga Roa. We did a half-day guided tour that ended up being a great History lesson! From there we rented a jeep and explored the island on our own. We wanted to see a sunrise but never woke up in time. The weather was always nice, with scattered clouds that provided for great sunsets! Besides the statues, the island is full of wild horses, but they are friendly.
The rhythm of live is so relaxed that everyday seems like weekend. Being a "lost" island in the middle of the Pacific, with a very nice population and minimum temperatures over 15 degrees in Winter, one can say it's a Paradise on Earth!

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Keu Henua - our guesthouse   Comments!	The catholic church	Monument	A protest
A small harbour	Surf's on!	Playground   Comments!	The cemitery
Sunset at Ahu Tahai   Comments!	Rano Kau	Tribal houses to host the Birdman competition	Scenery for the Birdman Competition
A Petrogliyph	Ahu Akivi	Ahu Akivi + 2   Comments!	Our transport for the guided tour   Comments!
Leaving Ana Te Pahu cavern	Banana tree's flower	Pukao stones at Puna Pau	Hanga Roa on our back
Hello, wanna be my friend?   Comments!	Canoeing at sunset	On the jeep	Explorer standing by
Explorer resting	One of the islands non-paved roads	Rano Raraku	View in Rano Raraku   Comments!
Pateca looking small	Everyone's a statue in a picture	Two Moai were in progress here   Comments!	Tongariki seen from Rano Raraku
What'a you want ?   Comments!	Inside the Rano Raraku volcano	Leaving Rano Raraku	Arriving to Ahu Tongariki
Arriving at Ahu Tongariki	Tongariki's 15 Moai and us	Fooling around in Tongariki	Playing with the Moai   Comments!
Playing with the Moai   Comments!	Horses	Wild horses	Nuno at Ahu Nau Nau
Rita at Ahu Nau Nau	Anakena beach	A swim on the Pacific	Sunset at Anakena beach
Sunset at Anakena beach	Our jeep at Hanga Kio'e	Hanga Kio'e	Circus at Hanga Kio'e   Comments!
Exploring Ana Kakenga	Ana Kakenga's entrance	One of the windows	Where ya lookin' at ?
Cows are also free around here	Vinapu	Ana Kai Tangata	Paradise?
A honey moon album cover picture	Tribal Rapa Nui	We are half Rapa Nui now   Comments!	Ancient way of cooking with hot stones   Comments!
Nice dinner	Our hosts for the show	Rita among the Rapa Nui	The Rapa Nui show

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