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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Travel Day -> Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Easter Island, a Chilean territory, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia. Its native name is Rapa Nui. It’s famed for archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues called moai, created by inhabitants during the 13th–16th centuries. The moai are carved human figures with oversize heads, often resting on massive stone pedestals called ahus. 

Easter Island is a remote and lonely spot, lost in the enormity of the Pacific Ocean. 2,300m separate the island from the coast of Chile and 2,500m from Tahiti. To the north and the south, more than 2,400m and 3,100m of water lie before the Galapagos Islands and the Antarctic.

CLICK HERE FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EASTER ISLAND



Country: Chile
   

Flight: NYC to Santiago, Chile nonstop 10h, 25m $851
           Santiago to Hanga Roa nonstop 5h, 30m $209 (~12 flights per week)

Island: 63.2 sq mi
Highest Elevation: 1,663ft      

Weather:  77 degrees, mostly sunny
Time: 1:15pm (same as us)
Sunrise: 8:04am
Sunset: 8:57pm


Hottest MonthFebruary (75 °F avg)
Coldest MonthAugust (65 °F avg)
Wettest MonthJune (2.38" avg)
Windiest MonthAugust (9 mph avg)
Annual precip.20.25" (per year)

Language: Spanish

Population: 7,750

Capital: Hanga Roa





CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF EASTER ISLAND
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EASTER ISLAND




Pascuense cuisine or cuisine of Rapa Nui incorporates seafood such as fish, octopus (heke), eel, sea snails (pipi) and crustaceans (lobster), as well as sweet potato, taro, banana, pineapple, coconut, pumpkin, and poultry, pork and lamb meat.[1]
Traditional foods include umumeatfishvegetables and fruit wrapped in banana leaves and roasted in umu pae – an earth ovenPo'epudding made of mashed bananaspumpkin and flour is baked in the umu pae as well.[1] Other favorite dishes are tunu ahifish grilled on hot stones, or ceviche. Pascuense cuisine also includes meat dishes, such as pork or mutton ribs.[2]







1 comment:

Unknown said...

Most enjoyable class and discussions. Sharlotte always brings our trips to life for us through visuals and her unique way of adding her own thoughts.