Launching My Pacific Odyssey in Orongo
I decided to hike to Orongo, feeling motivated after my successful attempts to visit the moai sites of Rapa Nui. As the ritual site representing...
The Expert Navigators who Discovered Easter Island
If, like me, you wonder about the explorers who discovered Easter Island, you have to go to Ahu Akivi. It was my fifth day on...
What to See along the Coastline to Anakena Beach
We couldn’t go to Poike, after I was finished at Rano Raraku. My taxi driver told me that the volcano peak was closed for visitors,...
The Actually Not So Mysterious Easter Island Heads
The quarry site of Rano Raraku is very near to Tongariki. The images you have probably seen of the ‘Easter Island heads’ are from this...
Waking Up Early to See the Sunrise at Tongariki
The taxi arrived in the pre-dawn darkness, as promised. That morning, I was going to see the famous Easter Island heads at the Rano Raraku...
Rapa Nui Moai Saga: My Unexpected Way to Tahai
My first morning in Rapa Nui* broke with rain. The incandescent sky of the previous day had been quickly overtaken by storm clouds fetched by...