2009 - Easter Island
We left Calgary and the cold weather behind on December 19th, 2009 . Our flight route had taken us from Calgary to Toronto, Santiago Chile, then (the LAN flight was late departing Santiago) arrive Easter Island late in the Evening of 20th, December. In the dark, after some confusion, we met by the Gap Adventure local representative and transfer to hotel for the night.
For the next 2 1/2 days, we visited the Moais, tasted polynesian-chilean cusine and had a "glimpse" of the amazing island life first-hand. The Scenary is awesome! Weather for the most part is great, humid and very tropical. Sunny and hot while we're there. The downside though, the UV index must be vey high as we all got bad sun-burns even we took pre-caution with protection with hat and long sleeve shirts. There are more than 900 moais on the island, many of them are still in ruins and not been restored yet. The other thing, It's a bit odd that we didn't see much of tropical jungle/forest on the island but mostly grasslands or ranches with cattles and horses.
There are total more than 900 Moais on the island, many of such still in ruin and had not been restore it's formal glory yet.
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