Cool caves
The caves here are fantastic - like the type you would find in a prehistoric movie.
One of the three vocanoes.
The leaders would chose a boy to swim from the mainland through shark infested waters to this little island. The first man to find an egg and swim all the way back with the egg unbroken and themselves uneaten would win his chief the title of leader.
Bye bye dudes.
15th November 2005, Easter Island
All too soon, and we we’re off to Tahiti. I love this place and wish we could stay longer. It’s our last day and the bloody sun has come out in all its glory. We’ve been eating nothing but cheese empanadas because we spent all our budget on the jeep, but it’s been so amazing. As well as the Moai we’ve found some fantastic caves, seen some cool rock carvings, looked right into the mouth of a volcano and sat in the very spot the leaders would have done hundreds of years ago waiting for their sportsmen to swim out to a tiny islet about a km away and return with a birds egg.
The winner would decide who would rule the island. Now there’s democracy! We haven’t been eaten by anybody and we’re packed and reluctantly ready to go. How much of a treat is it when you are really sad to be leaving for Tahiti?? I’ve been waiting for the sunset over the Moai shot, but so far there’s been no sunsets, because it’s been too cloudy. I am right now looking at a fantastic sky and a gorgeous sunset, but I’m at the airport and nowhere near an ancient man with a hat. Damn. Time to go. We’ll at least we’re not going home. Tahiti here we come. Surely we are finally going to be free of rain?
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