Easter Island was fantastic. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The closest inhabited land is Pitcairn Island which is 1,289 miles away (with 50 residents) and the nearest continental point is central Chile which is 2,182 miles away. The island is a little over 15 miles long and less than 8 miles wide at it’s widest point. The land is made from 3 extinct volcanoes that rise more than 6,000 feet from the ocean floor. Only about 5,500 people live here. We rented a car and drove all over the place (twice). We hiked up to two of the volcanic craters, dodged wild horses and wandering cows, relaxed on beautiful beaches and saw some of the 887 moai (statues) that were carved from stone between 1100 and 1680 by the early inhabitants. The largest weighs 82 tons and they were all carved with stone chisels. Many of the statues are showing only the top third – the rest having been buried over time. Before Easter Island we were in Tahiti. The weather was really bad and we mostly hung out in our hotel. We did catch up on a lot of homework. We saw some nice beaches. From the plane. Now we’re off to Santiago, Chile for a few days before flying to Lima, Peru.