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…
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…
Easter Island – a quick overview and tips for sightseeing
When we told friends, family, an co-workers we were going to Easter Island, we got various looks, puzzled and incorrect responses, and other’s (not wanting to feel stupid) simply saying ‘That’s nice’! To be honest, we didn’t know exactly where…
Flight to Easter Island!
We woke up early this morning as we had an 8:30am flight from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island. Although technically a domestic flight, they treat it as an international flight with their check in and agricultural requirements, so they recommend…
Welcome to Chile!
We started our day with breakfast at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, where we had stayed last night, taking advantage of the seven day airport parking, as well as being a bit more relaxed before our overnight flight to Chile.…
Pre-Fourth of July Vacation at the MCO Hyatt
It’s Monday night and I’m writing this in the lobby lounge before heading up to bed. Steve (DOS) and I just had a nice dinner at McCoy’s restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, where we’re staying tonight, prior to…
A Cavalier week in Ohio
This week I was in the Akron/Cleveland area for business (mid-way between both cities.) While I was busy with my work projects, it was exciting to be there as the Cleveland Cavaliers had just won the NBA Championship against the…