3600 km (2237 miles) from mainland South America.
Mataveri airport serves as backup landing strip for NASA space shuttles.
My bed & breakfast.
Road into town.
Hanga Roa population is around 3000.
"Downtown".
Rugged coastline looking north. 
Ahu Tahai.
Rano Kao volcano.
Place of the annual "birdman" competition. Tribal contestants would have to climb down the rock face,
swim to the islands, find an egg of a particular bird, swim back and climb back up the volcano. Whoever
survived and returned first (with the egg intact) was named "birdman" of the year. 
Orongo - residencial site.
Birdman petroglyphs.
A rare sight of remaining trees. 
All moai on the coastline were found turned over.
Ahu Tongariki.
15 HUGE moai .
Rano Raraku volcano.
Rano Raraku was the main quarry on the island.
An unusual bearded and kneeling moai.
Unfinished moai left in the mountain rock. 
This unfinished moai would have been the largest on the island measuring over 20 m in height. 
"The navel of the world".
Anakena beach. 
Moai with red hats. 
Leftover red hat stones.
Ahu Akivi, with the only moai on the island facing the ocean. 
Te Pahu cave.
Ovahe beach.
Anakena beach again. 
Going inside Rano Raraku volcano.
Moai in the crater.
Crater lake.
From the top, looking towards Ahu Tongariki.
Sunset at Ahi Tahai. 
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