by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Chile, Easter Island
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by Marybeth Bond | Jan 23, 2011 | Adventure, Chile, Easter Island, 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 | Adventure, Chile, Easter Island, 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 | Chile, Easter Island
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 | Nov 14, 2009 | Chile, Luxury
Even the best organized trips can become tiring if you don’t take a few days off, so I’m chilling in a remote location hidden in the dripping rain forests on Puyuhaipi Sound. Five hours of cruising through the green labyrinth of the fjords led us to the area some call...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 11, 2009 | Chile, Adventure
I’m on the edge of beyond in Northern Patagonia, where the wind howls down the plunging valleys and ricochets between the imposing mountains, forests, rivers, and endless, barren steppes. Traveling through Patagonia is no small undertaking. Today I flew two...
