600m Last day in Santiago, last day in South America. Not a lot happened today. I went for a 3 1/2 hour walk around Santiago, looking for something to do as the haze prevented me from wanting to pay the $30US and go up the tall tower. So, summary. It has certainly been an interesting, exciting and eye-opening trip. The food has been amazing, including piranha, Guinea pig, guanaco, vegan ceviche, roasted palm-larvae and quinoa in many forms and colours. I hav...

600m Once again a fairly boring day of travel from Rapa Nui back to Santiago. Breakfast, for once, was packed, with a group of Germans descending on the breakfast buffet like one of the plagues of Egypt. The one day that I turn up 30 mins late to try to drag the morning out is the one day I should have turned up on time. Not that there was a lot of choice to start with, but after the locusts, you grabbed what you could. I was not really hopeful for anything else...

60m Today was split into 2 half day trips, both focusing on the south of the island. We started off by driving around the airport runway and past the fuel dump to a small location known as Vinapu. It was here where the first archaeologists to the island thought that Rapa Nui was descended from the Inca as the supporting wall for the mo’ai showed the same intricate detail as seen in Inca buildings. It was similar, but nothing as extensive, or quite as precise a...

50m Rapa Nui Day 1 Probably the latest breakfast that I have had on this trip, the dining room only opened at 8am and there was a limited variety of it. However, as I was the only human present, quite pleasant. I was kept company by a rooster and two hens so it was not exactly silent. At 9am I was picked up and again did the rounds picking up a variety of others from Poland and Germany (with a German guide) and one Phillipino, 2 Brits and 6 US. Ok, so before ...

50m Okay, so a bit of a run down for those wishing to get to Easter Island. Step 1. Forms You have to complete an on-line application which is fairly innocuous and short. I completed this last night over dinner which needs to include details of your flight in, your flight out and where you are staying, and you are allowed up to 30 days. None of this flying in and deciding, as some backpackers do that they might stay for this long or go to that hotel. It all mu...