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How to Get to Easter Island

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Once you are on Easter Island, there are several ways to get around, although with only one paved road running between the main town of Hanga Roa and Anakena, this certainly isn't a drivers' paradise ... an interesting day hike from Hanga Roa, while there are also some stunning beaches that can only be reached on foot.The Moai Of Easter Island....

You Can Chase Away Post-Holiday Blues Traveling to Unique Places On a Budget

Edit Huffington Post 24 Dec 2015
The days after Christmas can be bluesy, a let down after the build-up of all that good cheer. Looking forward to a good post-holiday trip can keep spirits bright, and spirits will be even brighter if the far away place that beckons is inexpensive. Yes, you can travel to some amazing places and refresh yourself for the new year on a post-holiday budget ... Visit Hanga Roa on the western coast of Easter Island, the island's largest village ... ....

Watching the sunrise on Easter Island with the moai statues

Edit Toronto Sun 14 Oct 2015
TONGARIKI, EASTER ISLAND - The hour of 7 a.m. is still nasty rumour. To the east, in a distant sky, the sun is rising over a deserted Pacific Ocean. I’m carefully making my way through a thick field of grass wedged with bits of lava rock, my iPhone flashlight helping point the way in the pre-dawn darkness ... But I am ... There are a half-dozen inexpensive hostels to choose from in the only town on the island, adorably old-time Hanga Roa....

Powerful Chile quake kills 5, induces waves

Edit The Japan News 17 Sep 2015
ReutersSANTIAGO (Reuters) — A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into coastal towns ... “It’s been awful ... On the remote Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, islanders were evacuated to a church in the only town of Hanga Roa, and higher-than-normal water levels were reported shortly after midnight, according to posts on social media ... Aftershocks felt ... ....

One million people forced from homes after Chile earthquake

Edit The Irish Times 17 Sep 2015
More than one million people were forced from their homes after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off Chile, hitting powerful waves into coastal towns and killing at least five people ... “It’s been awful ... “It is all very dark, and we just hope the sea hasn’t reached our house,” she said ... Copper mines ... On remote Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, islanders were evacuated to a church in the only town of Hanga Roa....

Chile earthquake: Aftershocks and powerful waves hit coast

Edit The Irish Times 17 Sep 2015
Strong aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake that killed at least eight people and slammed powerful waves into coastal towns, forcing more than a million people from their homes ... As the risk subsided, the government lifted its tsunami warning on Thursday morning ... Copper mines ... On remote Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, islanders were evacuated to a church in the only town of Hanga Roa....

Chile earthquake: Aftershocks and powerful waves hit coastal towns

Edit The Irish Times 17 Sep 2015
Strong aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake that killed at least eight people and slammed powerful waves into coastal towns, forcing more than a million people from their homes ... As the risk subsided, the government lifted its tsunami warning on Thursday morning ... Copper mines ... On remote Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, islanders were evacuated to a church in the only town of Hanga Roa....

Chile plans world's biggest marine park to protect Easter Island fish stocks

Edit The Guardian 13 Sep 2015
@adamvaughan_uk. In the predawn gloom in a small harbour on Easter Island, three fishermen fill their boats ... That enforcement is crucial, because there is little that islanders could do themselves to stop the illegal fishing, according to Petero Avaka, the president of Hanga Roa Tai, another fisherman’s association. “They are stealing our tuna ... Mike Rapu, a former national free diving champion who runs a diving centre in Hanga Roa, said....

Where is the world’s most remote city?

Edit The Guardian 19 Aug 2015
One Russian city sits on a distant peninsula surrounded by volcanoes. Iquitos, in the heart of the Amazon jungle, has no roads leading in or out. Then there are contenders in Tibet, Greenland, Australia …. Guardian Cities is supported by.. Rockefeller Foundation ... Hanga Roa, on Easter Island, might be thousands of miles from any significant settlement, though it only has a few thousand residents, hardly qualifying it as a city ... Related ... ....

This app has a Kim Kardashian outfit for every climate in the world

Edit Mashable 02 Jul 2015
Have you ever wondered what Kim Kardashian would wear in the northern reaches of Svalbard?. A new app can help with that ... See also. This is Instagram's most-liked photo ever ... Longyearbyen, Norway ... Case in point. It's summer and currently only 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit ... Image ... Hanga Roa, Easter Island. Black silk seems somewhat on point for a 67.8 degree Fahrenheit day in Hanga Roa, the capital of the remote Chilean province of Easter Island ... ....

Nine Reasons to Travel to Easter Island

Edit Huffington Post 29 Apr 2015
Smaller beaches are dotted along the coastline, including Pea Beach in Hanga Roa ... Surf lessons can be arranged in Hanga Roa with waves that are suitable for beginners, while experienced surfers head to Tahai on the northwest coast and the beach of Mataveri in the southwest ... With its isolated setting in a peaceful area outside Hanga Roa, the lodge is ......

On Easter Island, face to face with the moai

Edit The Los Angeles Times 04 Apr 2015
Stepping out of our 20-passenger bus on a hot January morning, we spotted them across a grassy field. six stone statues of strange-looking men. Or gods ... 8 ... --> ... Tauraa Hotel, Atamu Tekena, Hanga Roa, Easter Island; 210-0463, http.//www.tauraahotel.cl ... Hotel Puku Vai, Hotu Matua, Hanga Roa, Easter Island; 255-1838, http.//www.pukuvaihotel.com ... Te Moana, Atamu Tekena Road, Hanga Roa, Easter Island ... Makona Restaurant, Hanga Roa, Easter Island ... ....

Global Travelers Should Get out of Their Comfort Zone and Unleash Their Inner Adventurer, Says Booking.Com

Edit PR Newswire 07 Aug 2014
MONA Pavilions, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. This luxury self-catered accommodation sits on the River Derwent, right by the Museum of Old and New Art. Decorated with art from the MONA, and offering views of the river, each pavilion has a spa bath, ... Mini Hotel Ubernachten Im Gurkenfass, Luebennau, Germany ... Active visitors ... Cabanas Morerava, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile ... × ... Cabanas Morerava, Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile ... ....
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