Category Archives: Easter Island

Update – Easter Island: A Parable for Our Times?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Easter Island – A Parable for Our Times? looks at our most important political issue – sustainable development – in the light of what happened on Easter Island.  I have added a brief introduction, seventeen new monochrome images and a  … Continue reading →

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Easter Island Wrapup and Contents

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

It’s now been over two months since I returned from Patagonia, Antarctica, the Falklands, Iguazu Falls and Easter Island.  Most of that time I have been writing up Easter Island, which I have now finished.  Having got home I have … Continue reading →

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Easter Island: A Parable for Our Times?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

On Easter Island, the evidence of human activity from a bygone age is almost everywhere and asks a multitude of questions with a thunderous silence.  It’s almost inescapable to wonder – Does the dramatic decline of Easter Island society speak … Continue reading →

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27th April: Easter Island (Ahu Runga Va’e and Ahu Hanga Te Tenga)

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

We were due to leave Easter Island for Tahiti around noon but the plane was late, so we got a reprieve for half a day. We headed off towards the Eastern end of the South Coast and visited Ahu Runga … Continue reading →

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27th April: Easter Island (Ahu Huri a Urenga)

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

Ahu Huri a Urenga is just out the back of town, beside the main road to the other end of the island.  Restored by Mulloy in 1960, it is 13 metres long by 4 metres wide and has been dated … Continue reading →

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27th April: Easter Island (Ana Te Pahu)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

On 27th April we visited Ana Te Pahu, one of Easter Island’s lava tubes, around the middle of the day.  We were also here on the 25th and I was nearby on the 24th.  It is also known as the … Continue reading →

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27th April: Easter Island (Hanga Piko)

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Before dawn on our last day on Easter Island, we turned up to the island’s tiny port at Hanga Piko (which means place of action).  Here there is a well-restored ahu (Ahu Riata) with a lone eroded moai on top. … Continue reading →

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26th April: Easter Island (Hanga Poukura, Vaihu and Akahanga)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Late in the afternoon of the 26th, after we had visited Vinapu, we continued along the south coast to Ahu Hanga Poukura,  Ahu Hanga Te’e O Vaihu and Ahu Akahanga,  going half of the way to Tongariki before we ran … Continue reading →

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26th April: Easter Island (Vinapu)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

At mid-afternoon on the 26th we went to Ahu Vinapu O Tahiri, which is famous for its fine stone work, as you can see here.  (You can also click the image above for a much larger view.) Alternatively, here is … Continue reading →

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22nd April: Easter Island (Hanga Taharoa)

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Hanga Taharoa (or Taharoa Bay, if you like) is on the north coast of Easter island, about four kilometres east of Ahu Te Pito Kura and about four kilometres over the peninsula from Tongariki.  In 1722 Roggeveen landed somewhere along … Continue reading →

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