Happy Easter from Easter Island
We can't actually believe we are here at the most remote island in the world, in the middle of the Pacific, over 2000 miles from anywhere else.
We had a great time in Santiago and set off for Easter Island today (Easter Sunday). It took five hours to get here which after our ten hour journey to get to Santiago by bus (which is another story in itself), felt like nothing. It was a very smooth flight.
When we got off the plane, it was amazing....all you could see was the ocean, bright colours, tropical flowers and the temperature was 25 degrees....nice.
There was a band who arrived on our flight too (apparently they are Alpha Blondy) and they were very popular with the locals. The singer even shook Tim's hand!!
When we got out of the airport everyone was greeted with a flower and garland.
We arrived at our hotel to a glass of papaya juice, lots of palm trees and more flowers. There was even one in the toilet roll!!
We got the suncream on and headed out to lunch (it had gone 3pm by this time). We had ceviche which is a speciality in latin America....it's raw fish in lime juice. It was really fresh and lovely....needless to say they have lots of fish here as the island is less than 150m2.
Then we wandered out to see the moai (the famous statues), there are some really close to our hotel. It was just unbelievable to see them....we feel very lucky. We just sat there for a couple of hours waiting for the sunset....it was incredible.
We are now just sitting having a glass of the anniversary wine that Federico bought us in Argentina (thanks Fede), before heading out to dinner.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, we are six hours behind the UK here.
Love to you all, Kate and Tim. xx
ps. we've also just had a mighty downpour which had cleared the humidity a bit. Phew. xx
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| Easter Day on Easter Island |
We can't actually believe we are here at the most remote island in the world, in the middle of the Pacific, over 2000 miles from anywhere else.
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| On the way |
We had a great time in Santiago and set off for Easter Island today (Easter Sunday). It took five hours to get here which after our ten hour journey to get to Santiago by bus (which is another story in itself), felt like nothing. It was a very smooth flight.
When we got off the plane, it was amazing....all you could see was the ocean, bright colours, tropical flowers and the temperature was 25 degrees....nice.
There was a band who arrived on our flight too (apparently they are Alpha Blondy) and they were very popular with the locals. The singer even shook Tim's hand!!
When we got out of the airport everyone was greeted with a flower and garland.
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| Flowers and sunshine at the airport |
We arrived at our hotel to a glass of papaya juice, lots of palm trees and more flowers. There was even one in the toilet roll!!
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| This is the life |
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| Totally tropical |
We got the suncream on and headed out to lunch (it had gone 3pm by this time). We had ceviche which is a speciality in latin America....it's raw fish in lime juice. It was really fresh and lovely....needless to say they have lots of fish here as the island is less than 150m2.
Then we wandered out to see the moai (the famous statues), there are some really close to our hotel. It was just unbelievable to see them....we feel very lucky. We just sat there for a couple of hours waiting for the sunset....it was incredible.
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| The moai at the start of the sunset |
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| Are you looking at me? |
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| Pincer movement |
We are now just sitting having a glass of the anniversary wine that Federico bought us in Argentina (thanks Fede), before heading out to dinner.
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| Anniversary wine....yay |
Oh, and in case you were wondering, we are six hours behind the UK here.
Love to you all, Kate and Tim. xx
ps. we've also just had a mighty downpour which had cleared the humidity a bit. Phew. xx
You both look so happy - love it!
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