Easter Island
The middle of nowhere
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Rano Raraku
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Bumped to first class for the exciting trip over nothing
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Ko Te Riku, with pukao (topknot) and re-created coral eyes in the Tahai complex.
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Surfer
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More surfers
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Hanga Roa, the (only) town on Easter Island
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Cave paintings of sea birds in Ana Kai Tangata
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Craggy southern volcanic coastline.
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Large cave, Hanga Mataveri Otai
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Sunset at Tahai
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Why? People suck
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Dead horse on the way to Maunga Terevaka
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Ahu Akivi, the only moai facing the ocean
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Ana Te Pahu, a large cave with banana trees growing through the hole in the roof
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Summit at Maunga Terevaka
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Panorama of the southern tip of the island from the summit of Maunga Terevaka, the highest volcano
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Sunset at Tahai, featuring Ko Te Riku
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Ahu Tahai at sunset
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Ahu Te Pito Kura, with the toppled moai "Paro"
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Te Pito Kura, the bellybutton of the world. A strange, round magnetic stone.
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Moai sleeping in flowers
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Crater lake at Rano Raraku
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Panorama above Rano Raraku. Notice the storm on the left that quickly blew over and soaked me
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Ahu Tongakiri.
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Fallen moai at Ahu Tongakiri.
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Ahu Tongakiri
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REALLY dead horse.
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Petroglyph of a turtle at Papa Vaka
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Pink sand beach at Ovahe
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Ahu Anakena with nice hats.
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Larger beach at Anakena
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Double rainbow on the road from the north coast through Vinapu
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Panorama of Hanga Roa, from the topknot (pukao) quarry at Puna Pau
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Crater lake at Orongo
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Motu Nui, location of the annual Birdman challenge.
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Bird at Orongo
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Motu Nui (big one in the back), Motu Iti and Motu Kao Kao (sea stack)
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Puppy!
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Horses and toppled moai at Akahanga
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Big rollers on the east coast
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Running with "wild" horses
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Live horses
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Fishing. Sometimes we'd have to watch out for the occasional huge wave that would crash on the rocks and threaten to soak us.
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Our cooler. Who needs ice?
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Bait. Yes, people would bite raw chicken off to use on the hook after it had sat in the sun for hours.
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French girls bite the neck of a fish before tossing it in the cooler
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Ana Nga Heu, a small cave on the north coast, with Make Make (God) carving.
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Night moai Ahu Riata (and moon)
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