Tag Archives: Rapa Nui

EOY Reviews, NY objectives.

Posted on 26/12/2019 by awtytravels

If you’re employed in a company you’ll be familiar with this period of the year: ’tis is the season when CEOs are wheeled out of their offices to recite a speech outlining everything that you minions have delivered and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random memories, Reflections | Tagged 2019, 2019 in pictures, Asia, Atacama, Central Asia, Chile, China, Crimes, Desert, Driving, Easter Island, End of Year message, Europe, Hitch hike, Hitchhiker, Iceland, Kamaz, Kyrgyzstan, Milky Way, Mountains, Offroad, Orcas, Photography, Rapa Nui, Recap, Road Trip, Sary Tash, Sea, Snow, Summary, Travel, Travels, Turkestan, Whale watching, Winter, Wrap-up, Xinjiang | 22 Comments

Pacific skies.

Posted on 16/06/2019 by awtytravels

I lied. I said that the last post was going to be the final one from Rapa Nui, but here’s another. The fact is that to go to Rapa Nui and not to be mesmerised by its skies is 100% … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Chile | Tagged Ahu, Ahu Akivi, Ahu Tahai, Blue, Chile, Clouds, Crab, Dark, Devil Almight Blues, Easter Island, Gold, Isla de Pascua, Light, Ocean, Orongo, Pacific Ocean, Photography, Photos, Rain, Rapa Nui, Sky, Storm coming down, Sun, Sunrise, Sunset | 13 Comments

El misterio vive: Rapa Nui journal, Part III (and final).

Posted on 11/06/2019 by awtytravels

There’s only a beach on Easter Island: as it’s to be expected, it comes with a bit of tourist infrastructure. But stop that image that’s forming in your mind, the one with all-inclusive resorts and a W Hotel with unz-unz-unz … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Chile | Tagged Ahu, Ahu Tahai, Anakena, Beach, Clouds, Easter Island, horses, Isla de Pascua, Milky Way, Moai, Navel of the world, Ocean, Pacific, Pale blue dot, Palm, Pescado, Poike, Rapa Nui, Ship, Stargazing, Stars, Sunrise, Sunset, Tahai, Te Pito Kura, Te Pito o Te Henua, Tongariki | 20 Comments

El misterio vive: Rapa Nui journal, Part II.

Posted on 04/06/2019 by awtytravels

The north coast is the remote corner of an island that’s already way out of the way. The further away from Hanga Roa the least passable the road gets, until it becomes little more than a rock-strewn goat path patrolled … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Chile | Tagged Ahu, Ahu Akivi, Akivi, America, Chile, David Menezes Salvo, Easter Island, El Misterio Vive, He Moai, Journal, King Hotu Matu'a, Moai, Ocean, Pacific, Poem, Poike, Rano Kau, Rapa Nui, Te Peu, Tongariki | 10 Comments

El misterio vive: Rapa Nui journal, Part I.

Posted on 01/06/2019 by awtytravels

Some trips are born in the heat of the moment. Others come from way back, originating from yellowing books, B&W films or stories told by elder relatives a lifetime ago. This is one of them. But yet again, it shouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Chile | Tagged Animals, Bird Man, Chile, Easter Island, Hanga Roa, Horse, Manutara, Migratory bird, Moai, Motu Nui, Ocean, Orongo, Pacific, People watching, Photography, Rano Kau, Ranu Kau, Rapa Nui, Sky, Tangata Manu, Travel, Trekking | 17 Comments

The ecocide that wasn’t.

Posted on 23/05/2019 by awtytravels

Back in my university days there was a book that passed hands with the same speed as No-Global leaflets, only with more enthusiastic reviews. It was Collapse, by American geographer and historian Jared Diamond, author of that Guns, Germs and … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Chile | Tagged Aboriginal civilisation, Academia, Ahu, Article, Chile, Collapse, Deforestation, Don Felipe González, Don Francisco Antonio de Agüera y Infanzon, Easter Island, Ecocide, Ecology, Economics, European Contact, Exploration, Germs and Steel, Guns, Hawaii, Jacob Roggeveen, Jago Cooper, James Cook, Jared Diamond, Moai, Monolith, Ocean, Pacific, Rapa Nui, Rare earths, Statue, Wiley | 20 Comments

Thinking of a place.

Posted on 13/05/2019 by awtytravels

The sun is setting on a scene I’ve waited 26 years to see. There’s people around me; for some, this is one of many such sunsets; for others it’s as new as it is for me. But I doubt that … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile | Tagged Chile, Easter Island, Moai, Rapa Nui | 19 Comments