At long last, after 5 days aboard the ship and nearly 2 hours late getting on our tour we set off. The single most incredible sights on Easter Island are the statues or Moai which makes the island world famous. There are 887 of them around the island. Many damaged and some still at the quarry where they were made. Incredible to be seen and an awesome experience to be here. Built between 1250 AD and 1500 AD each is different. All face inward to protect the inhabitants and represent ancestors except a very few. Some are on bases called ahu. Here we go ....
The group ...
At the quarry ...
Our tour guide Gina ...
The flowers ...
Gayle
Kris, Elsha and Wendy
Norma, Jim and our tour guide
Enjoying fresh fruit along the path to the volcano crater ...
The beautiful volcano crater ...
The most famous grouping of Moai - Ahu Tongariki boasting 15 of the statues
At the middle is a close-up of the intricate fingers and nails and on the right is a page from the guidebook showing the lengthy base of the statue usually underground.
And then for empanadas at the beach ...
Bob enjoying an escudo
Dick and Pauline up front...
And back to the ship for an early night. Tomorrow is day 2 of our tour....
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