21:00 - It's been a pretty amazing day. Nothing makes me happier than having a guide fill me with meaningful information! We went to Vaihu, Akahanga, Hanga Tetenga, Tongariki 15 restored Moai), Rano Raraku (the cave where the Moai were sculpted), Te Pito Kura and Anakena (6 pretty amazingly kept Moai still with their pukaos on - pukao is like a hat on top of the Moai but it represents his hair). Let me share some of my newly found knowledge gathered over the last...

18:45 - Breakfast gets served to the room here in Tea Nui :-), which is very nice indeed. I got picked up at aound 9.30 for the first of two tours today. Sabina (the guide) took us around the Akivi Moai's in the morning and Orongo in the afternoon. I took myself off for lunch in a shack overlooking the sea and had tuna ceviche (again). It was very nice. I then went for a walk in the little harbour nearby and could not resist having some ice cream. Although the ch...

19:30 - The flight left on time from Santiago this morning. As there are only 2 flights a day operated by LAN to Easter Island, the plane was full and I hadn't managed to secure a window seat the night before, so ended up on a corridor. The flight itself is just over 5 hours, unfortunately for me, for 5 of those hours, the three babies sitting 2 rows away, cried...without ever stopping... (or so it seemed). So sleeping was not as restful as it might have been! We...

00:00 - I spent this morning on Copacabana beach relaxing and people watching. At around 12 I went back to the hotel to shower and check out. Pick up for the airport was not until 3.30 so I did some last minute shopping (I am keeping the shopping to a minimum due to a space and weight if luggage situation :-) ) and spent an hour in a cyber cafè filling out an online form for background checks for my new employer (not really fun but had to be done). The driver an...

22:30 - I got up late this morning. After breakfast I made my way to the beach here in Copacabana and rented a chair and umbrella from one of the kiosk's. There weren't many people around today as I am guessing most cariocas are back at work after the holidays. I made myself comfortable and intended to start a new book, but I fell asleep for two hours :-)! When I woke up I found myself in the middle of little Italy. The umbrella people had put 3 youngsters from N...