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So, seit langem haben wir nichts neues mehr berichtet. Dies hatte einen einfachen Grund. Nachdem wir von Santiago weitergeflogen sind, gab es bis nach Neuseeland keine anständige Internetverbindung mehr. Deshalb werde ich die letzten paar Wochen kurz überfliegen.
Easter Island: Wir hatten eigentlich vor, 4 Tage auf dem Campingplatz zu bleiben (in einem Zelt). Da uns das Pech immer noch dicht auf den Füssen war, wurde unser Weiterflug jedoch gestrichen und auf 3 Tage später verlegt... Glück im Unglück war, dass uns die Fluggesellschaft ein Hotel mit Vollpension zahlen musste. Daher war es eine willkommene Alternative nach 4 Tagen Campen J. Zudem gab es auf der Insel auch genug zu sehen, wie die folgenden Fotos beweisen.
WOW. Worth it. Every penny. After flying 5 hours over the pacific ocean without seeing any land, our plane makes a sharp turn, and there it is-one of the most isolated places on the Earth, home of those mysterious huge stone heads-Easter Island. Upon landing we were greeted by people playing a ukulele like instrument and people giving us fresh flower lei’s. The campsite owners were there waiting for us and took us (along with 2 Korean ladies) to our campsite and when we arrived we were blown away. The tent we got had un unobstructed sea view (people paying hundreds of dollars a night couldn’t dream of a view as beautiful as we had) facing west so we had front row seats to an amazing sunset every night.
One downside though was that the island was SUPER expensive, but I guess that’s to be expected being how isolated they are. But we managed to save a crap load of money by skipping out of a tour of the island and renting the campsite owners car with the 2 Koreans we arrived with and eating the canned tuna and pasta we had brought with us from mainland Chile!
The only thing that seemed to go wrong on Easter Island was having our flight cancelled (over a month before but we weren’t told by our travel agency), but it ended up being a blessing in disguise as the airline paid for 3 nights accommodation in an amazing hotel and breakfast, lunch and dinner for three nights. We sure weren’t complaining and although it meant 3 days less in French Polynesian it was a great break from roughing it!
For the rest…I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves…..