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7 May 2016
American Airlines rang to confirm that we hadn’t checked out as they weere putting the bags in to taxi to our place. We waited and waited, then gave up and prepared to go out. I said that as soon as Kim had showered and put on his dirty clothes back on, the bags would arrive. […]
6 May 2016
I woke before 0900 after the best night sleep since we left home. After breakfast we walked to the centre of Miraflores, an affluent suburb. Our priority was to get some Peruvian Soles. For Soles withdrawals ATMs had a high local fee of about USD5 and a low maximum withdrawal. For USD, the fee was […]
23 October 2005
We have a day to kill today, with our departure at 2200 tonight. Plans for horse-riding and various other options got washed away by the rain. We took it easy, really easy. In fact, we went back to bed after breakfast! After a late lunch around 1400 at Cafe Ra’a (again), we wandered to the […]
22 October 2005
The West Coast Today we set off in a different direction after breakfast. We drove along the west coast of the island. We were on a dirt track rather than a road, which took us to Ahu Tepeu’s small colllection of moais. There were also elliptical and round rock bases of old houses. We didn’t […]
21 October 2005
Rano Kau Crater We headed out in our Daihatsu Terios after breakfast, heading south behind the airport runway, going uphill towards Rano Kau crater. The crater is located in the south-western tip of the island. It was also where the park admission fee was collected. Rano Kau crater was a beautiful sight, not just with […]
20 October 2005
Flying to Easter Island The flight from Papeete to Easter Island took about 5h. The LAN Chile 767 Business Class seats were like the old Air New Zealand First Class ones. It had good pitch and seemed very wide. I had a good but short sleep. Two snack/breakfast services were offered for the flight. Neither were […]