Easter Island 2012 Photo Gallery by Paul Dudley at pbase.com

Easter Island 2012

We had two full days on Easter Island after the afternoon of our arrival and a couple of hours on the morning of our departure day. That's about the right amount of time for a pair of oldies to spend on the island. We had a conducted tour in a minibus one day, driven by a lovely local guide and in the company of an American couple, and then we hired a car to fill in the gaps left by the tour. Warning: There is a 40 Km/hr speed limit, but apart from on the main road, you couldn't go that fast anyway: rocks, ruts, potholes, and wandering horses.

Local fish?	Ahu Vaihu	Guarding the fallen moai	Vaihu
At the foot of Ahu Vaihu	On the wall of an ahu	Petroglyphs on a "hat"	Frances and Ellen
House foundations	Our guide on a one-day tour	Fallen moai	Petroglyphs
Fallen moai	Fallen moai face up, and our guide	".... a shattered visage lies ....."	Remains of a Rapa Nui building
Solitary moai, quarry site in the background	Tongariki – 1	Rano Raraku - where they all came from	"Shorty"
Tongariki – 2	Tongariki – 3	Tongariki – 4	Moai near the quarry
Moai near the quarry	Moai near the quarry	Moai near the quarry	Moai near the quarry
Distant view of Tongariki	Moai near the quarry	A Special Stone	Unidentified flower
Crater of Volcano Raro Kau	A busload of tourists	Broken wall of Raro Kau	Island where the sooty tern's egg was sought
Orongo	Restored "beehive houses"	Restored "beehive houses"	Where the crater meets the sea
Petroglyphs	Moyo Nui, Motu Iti, Motu Kai Kai	Floor of the Raro Kau crater	Eucalypts!
Broken moai	Anakena	Hanga Roa Cemetery – 1	Hanga Roa Cemetery – 2
Tahai	Boat-shaped house foundation	Models of the boats that brought the first settlers	Models of the boats that brought the first settlers

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