Comments on: Easter Island http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/ Heard Around The World Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Nate http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Nate Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:13:02 +0000 http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/#comment-975 LOL about getting lost (and about Matt's impersonation of me). I just read this post. Very, very cool, especially your impression of the island as a whole as well as of the Moai. My favorite quote: "This me who my previous world has yet to meet." LOL about getting lost (and about Matt’s impersonation of me). I just read this post. Very, very cool, especially your impression of the island as a whole as well as of the Moai. My favorite quote: “This me who my previous world has yet to meet.”

]]> By: alex http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/comment-page-1/#comment-967 alex Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:39:49 +0000 http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/#comment-967 Hey John, Good to hear from you. Glad that you had a similar experience. I didn't see the Navy there much, but I think we shared the favourite place on the island! Hey John,

Good to hear from you. Glad that you had a similar experience. I didn’t see the Navy there much, but I think we shared the favourite place on the island!

]]> By: JOHN ANDERSON http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/comment-page-1/#comment-965 JOHN ANDERSON Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:42:48 +0000 http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/#comment-965 Great that you have been enjoying Rapa Nui. I loved the Polynesian/Spanish mixture - island-style dancing in the couple of late-night joints, empanadas at the street stall after island harmonies in the church. With cowboys riding down the main street - a strange mixture. Did you come across the Chilean navy thyere - a large contingent on the island usually. The holy village atop the volcano rim, with the cliff-fall on the outside and the caldera inside, was my best experience there. I had read Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki when I was young, so Easter Island and its stone figures had always had a fascination . Like you, I found it easy to fill up a whole week wandering round such a small island. And congrats on getting to Antarctica ! $4000 is a mere bagatelle for such an experience. Great that you have been enjoying Rapa Nui. I loved the Polynesian/Spanish mixture – island-style dancing in the couple of late-night joints, empanadas at the street stall after island harmonies in the church. With cowboys riding down the main street – a strange mixture. Did you come across the Chilean navy thyere – a large contingent on the island usually.

The holy village atop the volcano rim, with the cliff-fall on the outside and the caldera inside, was my best experience there. I had read Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon Tiki when I was young, so Easter Island and its stone figures had always had a fascination . Like you, I found it easy to fill up a whole week wandering round such a small island.

And congrats on getting to Antarctica ! $4000 is a mere bagatelle for such an experience.

]]> By: Nathaniel (w)Cook(f) http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Nathaniel (w)Cook(f) Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:33:38 +0000 http://www.alexrothaus.com/2010/02/20/easter-island/#comment-964 Another nice post which I read to the end. I love Scooby Snacks. wf Another nice post which I read to the end. I love Scooby Snacks. wf

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