After a two night’s stay at the Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg, Steve (DOS) and I flew from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit, South Africa. The flight was less than an hour aboard an Embraer 140 jet, and as the flight wasn’t full…
Postcard from Easter Island!
If you’ve been reading the blog at all, you know we took a trip to Easter Island over the July4th holidays. Although we normally don’t send postcards anymore, we couldn’t resist sending one (actually 10!) from Easter Island. All but…
Minnesota work-week ends with Friday travel woes
I’ve gotten a bit behind in posting since I got back from Easter Island, and traveling for work. I have been writing about our experiences on Easter Island over the July 4th weekend in the last few posts, but will…
From the Quarry to the beach: Our Easter Island tour continues . . .
Our Easter Island tour continues with our next stop at the Quarry on Easter Island. In the last post, we visited Tonjariki, which is the most spectacular and famous of Easter Island’s ruins. I also noted earlier that 70% of…
Touring Tonjariki on Easter Island!
Ok, so we’re up by 8am this our second morning on Easter Island and hurry down to have our first breakfast here at the Hangaroa Eco Village Resort, before taking our 9:30am tour. The breakfast buffet was very good, with…