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Easter Island was one of those places on the bucket list that, in the back of my mind, never really thought I would ever get to. The remoteness of it, the distance from Canada and the cost of it are all things that make this trip a challenge. When we made the plunge to go, I couldn’t have been more excited.
We only had one night in Santiago and were so thrilled to stay at The Aubrey Hotel. A tiny hotel in the heart of the restaurant and shopping district, the 15 rooms are all located in an old mansion. From here, you could walk to a lot of amazing restaurants and listen to the sounds of Chile outside the windows. Although the stay before Easter Island was only one night, we did return to the hotel two more times in our stay overs in Santiago.
The arrival on Easter Island is hard to describe. You can tell you’re on an adventure right from the moment the plane lands. Live music, smiling faces and my first fresh flower lei kicked off the adventure well. We stayed at Iorana Hotel, which is right is right on the ocean. About a 15 minute walk out of town, this place was perfect for us.
The pictures in this blog are from our adventuring together without a guide. We just rented a car to tour the island. I will say, without a guide, we were a little lost. The story was missing some key information and without that, some features of the island were a little confusing. Mainly, why all of the heads (the Moai) that we saw in the first few days were laying on the ground. We had this iconic vision in our head of driving around and stopping every two minutes to admire these Moai, and that was just not the case. A few hours into touring and we were, to say the least, confused.
At the very end of the day, we found the mecca of the Moai, “The Quarry”, where all the rocks were mined for all of the heads. This place was everything we had pictured and the best part was, we had the entire place to ourselves. Not only was it an experience to be there and look these ancient stones directly in the face but to enjoy it with peace and quiet and have the opportunity to have the place to ourselves, was.. well, priceless. I will forever be grateful for that time, it was a beautiful gift from the universe.
Stubs.
Easter Island was one of those places on the bucket list that, in the back of my mind, never really thought I would ever get to. The remoteness of it, the distance from Canada and the cost of it are all things that make this trip a challenge.
We only had one night in Santiago and were so thrilled to stay at The Aubrey Hotel. A tiny hotel in the heart of the restaurant and shopping district, the 15 rooms are all located in an old mansion. From here, you could walk to a lot of amazing restaurants and listen to the sounds of Chile outside the windows. Although the stay before Easter Island was only one night, we did return to the hotel two more times in our stay overs in Santiago.
The arrival on Easter Island is hard to describe. You can tell you’re on an adventure right from the moment the plane lands. Live music, smiling faces and my first fresh flower lei kicked off the adventure well. We stayed at Iorana Hotel, which is the only hotel on the island that is right on the ocean. About a 15 minute walk out of town, this place was perfect for us.
The pictures in this blog are from our adventuring together without a guide. We just rented a car to tour the island. I will say, without a guide, we were a little lost. The story was missing some key information and without that, some features of the island were a little confusing. Mainly, why all of the heads (the Moai) that we saw in the first few days were laying on the ground. We had this iconic vision in our head of driving around and stopping every two minutes to admire these Moai, and that was just not the case. A few hours into touring and we were, to say the least, confused.
At the very end of the day, we found the mecca of the Moai, “The Quarry”, where all the rocks were mined for all of the heads. This place was everything we had pictured and the best part was, we had the entire place to ourselves. Not only was it an experience to be there and look these ancient stones directly in the face but to enjoy it with peace and quiet and have the opportunity to have the place to ourselves, was.. well, priceless. I will forever be grateful for that time, it was a beautiful gift from the universe.
Stubs.
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