Ahu Tongariki

Sunday Morning Church and Afternoon Beach Party- Rapa Nui Style

We had read that the Sunday morning Catholic church service was a unique experience, so we decided to go. The priest wore a gorgeous feather head piece with his robes. His assistants wore flower leais around their heads, even the nun wore a floral wreath around her headpiece as did many of the parishioners. A lot of the ladies wore flowers in their hair. During a quiet part of …

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Everything you want to know about Moai but were Afraid to Ask

We were blessed with another sunny day. We were off in the jeep to check out more moai sites. Once again we passed many horses and cows roaming around free, we also saw a dead horse lying in a field. We drove straight to Rano Raraku, a volcanic crater and the quarry where 95% of the moai on the island were ‘born’… carved out of the sides of the …

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