In 1887 there were only 122 inhabitants left on Easter island. Now pop over 5000 . Since 1960 s reconstruction of the moais has increased tourism. Learned much history today . Mostly fascinated with work if Patricia Vargas anthropologist my age who came here on 2 yr contract at age 23 and has never left. Spent the day from 830-5 touring the island with her. Her book called sacred sentinels will be published by u nm press this summer. Looking forward to seeing...

Ola. Just arrived Easter Island. South of equator with a 10 pm sunset. Absolutely gorgeous. Had a long walk this am around a British built golf course in middle of Lima . Love walking in cities before they totally wake up. Visited the larch Herrera museum in Lima before heading to airport for 4.5 hr trips. I am embroidering a monkey and listened to two lectures about Easter island . Plane time goes very fast. Excellent food choices of course and my seat m...

Quite a Long day of travel for quick,overnight in Lima . 1 /3of Peruvians 27 million population live in this desert City. Surprised of the density and desert both. Summer vacation ends in two weeks for school children. coastline very rocky and saw one section with natural green habitat. mostly just fake trees for cell towers as greenery. Middle class areas are homes of very minimal construction. Went to a family residence tonight where had dinner and Peruvian...

I have found a breezeway here at hotel and hoping for success . Pictures re not transferring for some reason. I will figure out soon. My first flt on private jet to Guatemala of course was awesome.. British airline and staff. Cabot is named Simon but not the Simon c Yesterday upon arrival visited city of Flores which is a small Spanish town bldg to bldg and surrounded by a lake. Today I visited the ruins of Tikal which were erected over 2000 yrs go by the Ma...