Yummy breakfast @ Mana Nui Inn

There is only one gas station on the island

Mom @ Akahanga

Stone stove

Mom @ Cave near Akahanga

What is this?

Oh no! A fallen moai

Ahu Akahanga has toppled 13 moais

Deteched moai face

Pukao are the hats or topknots placed on top of some moai

Ahu Akahanga

Foundation of an anicent boat house

Rano Raraku

Moai @ Ahu Tongariki

This is their standing posture

Moai & Rano Raraku

Ahu Tongariki

This moai did not made it to the Ahu

The second moai from the right has a pukao on its head

Ahu Tongariki is the largest Ahu on Easter Island

Ahu Tongariki

Pukao @ Ahu Tongariki

Pukao & Rano Raraku @ Ahu Tongariki

Me @ Ahu Tongariki

Individual head shot of 1st moai from the right

Individual head shot of 2nd moai from the right

Individual head shot of 3th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 4th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 5th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 6th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 7th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 8th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 9th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 10th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 11th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 12th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 13th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 14th moai from the right

Individual head shot of 15th moai from the right

One of the moai weight 86 ton and is the heaviest ever erected on the island

Ahu Tongariki

Mom @ Ahu Tongariki

Ahu Tongariki

Wish the weather was better

Wish the weather was better

Fallen moai & Rano Raraku @ Ahu Tongariki

More Ahu Tongariki

From my Nikon camera

From my Canon camera

Cannot get enough of it

Mom @ Rano Raraku

Ahu Tongariki from Rano Raraku

Outer slopes of Rano Raraku with twenty moais

Most moais are buried to the neck

Oh no! The head is separated from the body!

This is a big one

Ahu Tongariki from Rano Raraku

Tukuturi has beard and is the only kneeling moai

Only 1 out of 3 transported made it to the island*s perimeter

Most moais are buried to the neck

Moais set in the hillside at Rano Raraku

This one is mostly buried

They are facing the ocean

Moai was carved directly in the quarry

They are later separated from the rock in which they are carved

Moais have over-large heads - 3:5 ratio between the head and the body

Mom & Moais

Me @ Rano Raraku

This one you can see the nipples!

Leaning forward for?

A kiss?

Moai & Mom

397 moai remain @ Rano Raraku

Being buried actually prevent them from erosion

This is where they carved moai

This is where they carved moai

One of the few with tilted head

Mom & I @ Rano Raraku

Heavy brows, elongated noses/ears and the lips protrude in a thin pout

More moais

Moai with chicken pox

Populated once dropped to 500 after chicken pox hit Easter Island

Their jaw lines stand out against the truncated neck

Decapitated moais

Quick Ahu Tongariki photo stop

Mom @ Ahu Tongariki

Better lighting this time

Ahu Tongariki

Ahu Te Pito Kura is the largest moai ever erected on an ahu

Ahu Te Pito Kura is almost 10m/32ft long

Mom & the magic stone

I would not stand so close to the grill if I were them…

Ahu Nau Nau @ Anakena Beach

Anakena Beach

Err.. It was against the sunlight

Fallen moai & Ahu Nau Nau

Mom @ Ahu Nau Nau

Ahu Nau Nau with its row of moais with topknots

They faced inland

Anakena Beach

Standalone moai @ Anakena Beach

Early this year a Finnish tourist chipped a piece off the ear of one moai!

Look for detailed carvings on their backs

Ahu Nau Nau

Anakena Beach

Mom @ Anakena Beach

Papaya tree

Anakena Beach

Tiny fire engine

Te Moana Restaurant - we ate there last night

Kotaro Japanese Bistro

Sushi & Tempura for dinner

We were mistaken as Japanese sooo many times!