August 7, 2008 @ Easter Island, Chile



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!


Akahanga


Akahanga


Rano Raraku


Puakatike


Anakena Beach


Anakena Beach