I'm back on mainland Chile so not feeling quite so remote. Saw some pretty spectacular stuff during my last couple of days on the island. Went to Rano Raraku, where they carved the Maoi, which just about fulfilled my Easter Island fantasies. And yes, I did take the same photo that everyone else takes - you know the one. If I knew the Spanish for hypocrite I'd stamp it on my face.
Climbed Rano Kau to see the crater lake. I'd seen photos and they looked rubbish but the lake itself is immense. Also saw about the most spectacular sunset I've ever seen, pink and black skies with Maoi in the foreground. Well Easter Island.I'm in Copiapo now. Now don't quote me on this but I don't think that Copiapo is used to tourists. I ended up here by a mix of accident, panic and bad Spanish; I rocked up at ten this morning to find nothing open and the only people around some kind of zombified sub-species wheezing about with their haircuts flapping in the breeze. I figured it could be a long day but things are open now and the town seems a whole heap less threatening.
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