Day 18 Isla de Pascua Chile

This morning I got a mountain bike and took a ride to the beach. The ride there was about an hour or so. The beach was great and the water was warm and the sand soft - all good. I decided to take another way back to the hotel - a classic me move, without enought water etc. The trip back took a lot longer and by the time I was back I needed water badly and was really really tired - oh well.
The whole Island reminds me of what Hawaii must have been like before world war two. It is really deserted except for one small town. There is no one anywhere.

Cool beach.

The long hot dry ride back to the hotel. Not too many people to ask for some water.

The 15 Moais.

Another cool place to swim.

After lunch I went with a guide and another guy to the other side of the island.

It started raining - I got to wear my waterproof jacket I have been hauling around for two weeks.

Pretty.

We went through a bunch of ruins of a couple of villages and went through a bunch of caves.

This is the guide from the hotel.

Brian in a cave with a view- watch that first step though.

I have never gone spelunking before.

Spelunking!

More Moai.

Sunset in the rain.
I am going to go to bed as I am really tired tonight the ride killed me and then I had a 1/2 hour massage - oh yea, then the spelunking. The whole concept of I will sleep when I am dead thing is becoming a little to close to reality so I better take some time to catch up on my ZZZZ's.

I am here one more day. The whole Moai thing is getting a bit old, it is cool and powerful and everything but??? How many can one take?

The weather in Southern Chile is not good right now so good that we are here and not flying. Hopefully it will clear by Wed.

This is the first place my cell doesn't work - nor my blackberry, yikes. I can't even get on my desk top for some reason. Oh well I will be back to civilization by Tuesday noon ish.