Recently I went to Easter Island, the most remote and least visited World Heritage Site, home of the giant stone heads and dazzlingly attractive men and curvaceous women. Watch the video of the mostly nude men dancing an elegant South Seas swaying and a sexually charged version of the Maori war dance. This is the Matato’a Dance Group and they’ve performed worldwide.
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Hello Maribeth, What fun to see of your Easter Island adventures. I hope that our paths cross sometime this winter, possibly at the NYTimes Show in NYC. Will you be there? Hope all goes well with you and family.
Warm best, Marilyn Staff / Asia Transpacific Journeys
It’s actually Mrs. NJ here. I marvel at how you are able to do research, photograph keep up with a blog, maintain a website and write while doing all the traveling you do. Thanks so much for the information and manly photos from Easter Island.
I won 3 writing awards; best travel book, best travel blog, best magazine article from SATW. Stories in the LA Times blog on Friday and USA Today on Sunday.
You're reading an "award-winning" travel blog! It's been a great week. I just learned that I won three awards from SATW (Society of American Travel Writers, Western Chapter) for Best Travel Book, Best Travel Blog, Best Magazine article. And the awards include a (small) check! Yahoo!
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Grazie for these fabulous visuals! How…inspiring–I may have to go and see this in person…
Hello Maribeth, What fun to see of your Easter Island adventures. I hope that our paths cross sometime this winter, possibly at the NYTimes Show in NYC. Will you be there? Hope all goes well with you and family.
Warm best, Marilyn Staff / Asia Transpacific Journeys
It’s actually Mrs. NJ here. I marvel at how you are able to do research, photograph keep up with a blog, maintain a website and write while doing all the traveling you do. Thanks so much for the information and manly photos from Easter Island.
S.J.