by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Easter Island, Chile
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by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Easter Island, Chile, Adventure, Peru
How remote is it? Close enough for a several day “add-on” to a trip to Peru Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui (pronounced Rapa New-ee) is known as one of the most remote inhabited island in the world, and a five-star world heritage site. New direct LAN...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Easter Island, Chile, Adventure, Peru
The coast of Chile and Peru is 2,400 miles and a 5-6 hour flight away and just about as far from Tahiti in the other direction. The nearest inhabited island is Pitcairn, 1,200 miles to the west(of HMS Bounty and Mutiny fame). Native Eastern Islanders, or Rapa Nuians,...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Easter Island, Chile
Until about 40 years ago once a year a Chilean warship visited Easter Island, bringing supplies. Very few tourists visited the island dotted with stone heads. In 1967 the airport was finished and flights arrived from Tahiti and Santiago, Chile and tourism began. In...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 21, 2011 | Hawaii
Night Snorkel with the Manta Rays Travel Channel says it’s one of the Top 10 things to do in your lifetime Snorkeling at night to look for Manta Rays is advertised as one of Kona’s most unique adventures, so we signed up. Just before sunset we were outfitted...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 21, 2011 | Hawaii, Travel
Blissed-Out with a Chocolate Body Wrap Lomi Lomi is Hawaiian massage. Practioners of this ancient Polynesian healing technique use not only palms, but also the forearm, fingers, knuckles and elbows. The Hawaiian phrase, Lomi Lomi, means, literally, to rub, knead,...