Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had a really nice, relaxing last day on the island. I returned the car at about 9am, after filling it up with gas that only cost 8,000 pesos ($15). I thought it was going to be a lot more expensive than that for filling it up on the island. I met Andrea at 9:15am and we walked over to the last cave we wanted to see. It was at the base of Orongo, and…
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had another really good day on the island today. I picked up my rental car from Insular Rentals, and they were awesome. The woman let me come at 8:30am instead of their normal 9am opening time. We went through the paperwork and I got the car at 8:45am and hit the road. I really wanted to get to the quarry (Rano Raraku) when it opened at 9am, but I didn’t get there until 9:15am….
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had another really good day with Rey and Andrea today. We met for our dive at 9am, and it was my least favorite dive of the three, but still pretty awesome. We went to a site called La Catedral and we had a bigger group today of five divers and the two dive masters. There was also another dive company at the same site when we arrived, so the water was pretty busy. This…
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had an awesome day today! It started out with a small breakfast at the hostel, and then my first dive at 9am. I went down to Mike Rapa Diving and met the other people I would be diving with. There was a really nice American guy named Rey, and a Brazilian girl named Andrea in my group. We are all traveling on our own, and all speak english, so it was perfect. Our first…
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had a great first day on the island today! The weather didn’t quite agree with me the whole time, but for the first half of the day it was glorious! I got a really good night’s sleep at the hostel last night, and had a good breakfast to start off the day. Nothing special, but a couple of rolls with cheese and jam, with some coffee or tea. Not bad for a free breakfast….
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I am on Easter Island!!! This is one of the most remote islands in the whole world. I can’t believe I’ve actually made it here. It’s awesome! My day started out with an early wake up call at the hostel, and my taxi driver actually showed up 15 minutes early. This never happens in South America. He was a great driver named Johnny, and it turns out he lived in Canada for a long time,…