EASTER ISLAND

BY J MASTALIR edbrucevegas@gmail.com

WE ARE HERE !

ITS BEEN A HELL 0F A YEAR OPENING WITH THE ROSE BOWL PARADE...THE OPENING CEREMONYS FOR THE 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS...4TH OF JULY UNDER THE MOUNT RUSHMORE MONUMENT WITH THE SYMPHONY AND TODAY ON THE MOST REMOTE INHABITED PLACE ON EARTH...CLOSE THE YEAR WITH A CHRISTMAS CRUISE DOWN THE DANUBE !

ABOUT 25 HOURS FROM LAS VEGAS TO EASTER ISLAND

AUGUST 21 0930 DEPARTURE FROM LAS VEGAS...30 MINUTES LATE

1145 SAN FRANCISCO...RUSH TO CONNECT TO LIMA PERU

1313 LAN AIRLINES 9 HOURS AIR TIME GREAT FLIGHT

2230 LIMA ...RUSH TO CONNECT TO SANTIAGO CHILE

2325 LEAVE LIMA

0220 SANTIAGO CHILE AMAZING THE LUGGAGE ARRIVES ON TIME AND YOU CAN NOW
PAY THEIR $120 A HEAD ENTRY TAX...WHEN YOU START YOUR JOURNEY AND
SHE TELLS YOU THAT ONLY THREE FLIGHT CHANGES CAN COME OUT THE
COMPUTER AND YOU HAVE FOUR AND SHE HAS TO HANDWRITE THE BAGGAGE
TAGS ITS NOT A GOOD SIGN...NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT

0530 EXTRA TIME TO DEPART FOR EASTER ISLAND

1130 EASTER ISLAND... THE GUIDE ON TIME...THANKS SABRINA

Our tour begins for three days starting Monday...what a place...remote...rural...historical and with internet shops.

I always have to have something to do and tonight with the start of no newspapers and no TV and no radio for a week ...at least...I catch a first class soccer game ???
GREAT PLAY....good competition...referees...dogs on the field...kids playing in the end zone...50 yards from the sunset on the Pacific ocean. As a sports fan and one who loves competition...even competition...this was it. Who the hell were these guys....good athletes...good mechanical skills...size....team play... strategy...it was wonderful...FOOD CABANAS IN THE END ZONE !

THE REAL EASTER ISLAND STATUES....MOAI ....YET TO COME

ANOTHER A 99 ON MY LIST