Friday, January 30, 2009

Easter Island

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) – a 62 sq mi slab of volcanic rock is 2000 miles from anywhere. The island has about 3400 Polynesian descendants although it is believed the society that created the Moai’s no longer exists. About 900 of the Moai survive in some state –toppled, broken, restored and re-erected and some stand as they were found. All of the Moai faced inland when erected to protect the islanders. There was no thought of danger from the seas since they were so far from other lands.

If I landed here on a boat back in the day, I would have left. Advantage: Islanders
Not all of these fellas were lined up.
 
One foot on the beach.

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