Hola todos,
Monday, John and I decided to rent a quad or ATV for the day and do the big loop, in which you see most of the moai, with the other Brits. We all met up at the beach, Anakena, and enjoyed the view and the sand. Then Andy and Andy decided to stay there longer since they had already done the loop. Therefore, John and I continued. We spent about 3 or 4 hours stopping along the way back to town looking at the abundance of moai (including the one with 15 moai, which was beautiful), caves and the ocean. We encountered the magnetic rock which wasn't as magnetic as we had hoped. We were dropping keys and coins onto it to hope they'll attract but didn't work. They say if you have a compass it will screw with it though.
We also went to the quarry which was gorgeous. It was a crater filled with water. Around the crater and on the sides of the hill were dozens of absolutely beautiful half buried moai, as in only their heads were visible. Very cool and a lot of fun. The quad was great. Luckily there were no near-death experiences.
John and I had decided to stop at a market and he got a fish that we cooked with pasta, shellfish, and a lot of oil, lemon and garlic. With a side of wine.
It was Andy and Andy's last evening (they left for Tahiti at 11PM). Side note: Flights from Easter Island go to Santiago or Tahiti. Because Tahiti is so far from Santiago, normally most flights have a connection at Easter Island.
The Andys were great fun and they would be missed.
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| The beach! |
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| Moai on the beach |
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| Dogs love sand! |
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| The magnetic rock |
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| The 15 moai |
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| A new edition to the moai. They say she has a pea head. |
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| Look at all of them! |
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| They're definitely more ahead in life than I am (Buh dum cchh) |
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| A half buried moai |
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| The quarry |
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| A close- up of the quarry |
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