I didn't remember them speaking Spanish in Hawaii - oh they don't and oh I am not in Hawaii. Wow I forgot for a minute there. A 5 hour commercial flight and 2,200 miles from Santiago.
I am staying at the Explora Lodge - the same hotel chain as in Atacama. Very very nice without being over the top. Simple and elegant.
The room.
The view from the room. It kind of reminds me of Hawaii in the way it looks and the fact that it volcanic and that the whole place is lava.
The design looks like something out of the 60's.
It reminds me of the architect John Lautner.
Very nice but not fancy.
The hotel was opened 1 year ago.
Is that a mermaid?
On the drive to the quarry.
These are called Moai and there are a bunch of them. On the walk to the place where they carved all of these, there must have been 20 laying along the path. If they fell over they would leave them there and not try and set them back up. I can't imagine how they moved them in the first place. The quarry was a volcanic crater with just the right kind of lava.
These were carved from about the year 1000 to about 1500 ad.
You can see how they carved them from the lava in the quarry area and then moved them really far - somehow. This one was not completed but would have been the largest one at 30 meters.
Nice nose!
Each one is very different as they were carved by different people, also over time the styles changed.
Lots and lots of horses running all over the place.
The largest platform with 15 Moais. They faced the villages - not the sea as they were to watch over the people.
Tomorrow I am going to take a bike to the beach.
I didn't remember them speaking Spanish in Hawaii - oh they don't and oh I am not in Hawaii. Wow I forgot for a minute there. A 5 hour commercial flight and 2,200 miles from Santiago.
I am staying at the Explora Lodge - the same hotel chain as in Atacama. Very very nice without being over the top. Simple and elegant.
The room.
The view from the room. It kind of reminds me of Hawaii in the way it looks and the fact that it volcanic and that the whole place is lava.
The design looks like something out of the 60's.
It reminds me of the architect John Lautner.
Very nice but not fancy.
The hotel was opened 1 year ago.
Is that a mermaid?
On the drive to the quarry.
These are called Moai and there are a bunch of them. On the walk to the place where they carved all of these, there must have been 20 laying along the path. If they fell over they would leave them there and not try and set them back up. I can't imagine how they moved them in the first place. The quarry was a volcanic crater with just the right kind of lava.
These were carved from about the year 1000 to about 1500 ad.
You can see how they carved them from the lava in the quarry area and then moved them really far - somehow. This one was not completed but would have been the largest one at 30 meters.
Nice nose!
Each one is very different as they were carved by different people, also over time the styles changed.
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