June 4, 2016 – Forget it, Kevin. It’s Rapa Nui.

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June 4, 2016 – Forget it, Kevin.  It’s Rapa Nui. Still no word from Skywalker or Solo.  It’s an ominous phrase in The Empire Strikes Back, a featured extra line that resonates through the opening scenes of Hoth; her friends and our heroes are lost and Princess Leia feels the cold in so many ways. […]

June 2, 2016 – Moais and More Moais, Oh, My!

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June 2, 2016 – Moais and More Moais, Oh, My! Today was the big full day tour of Rapa Nui. And no day starts better than with crème brule at breakfast! Once again boarding our minibus with Gabriel and Christian, we set off on an all-day sightseeing tour that brought us face to face with […]

June 1, 2016 – An Addendum – Moais Ho!

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June 1, 2016 (An Addendum) I’m seeing stars.  And everything is blood red.  I’ve just conked my head getting into the shuttle van.  It feels like I should have amnesia… and that would be preferable to the throbbing pain that shoots from the tips of my hair follicles through my skull and into the very […]

National Running Day: June 1st

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June 1, 2016 The Goo Goo Dolls. Steve Perry. Pearl Jam. Air Supply. The Santiago Airport is jamming to the 70s, 80s and 90s US hits. After a delirious trip through a mood-lit Bogota airport onto my flight to Chile, I’m feeling particularly time warped. The trip started with me miscalculating the tram system at […]

Head in the Clouds

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Today’s the day me and my big giant head set off for Easter Island, or as I prefer to call it, Rapa Nui. Or at least, I THOUGHT that’s what I should call it. Googling the Wikipedia entry on Easter Island provides background on the name for this island, one of the most remote inhabited […]

Rapa Nui Prep – Easter Island Countdown

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The good people at Travelling Fit forwarded me the course info and description for the Easter Island Marathon in June. The island itself is 63 square miles, and is one of the most remote inhabited islands on Earth. It may be best known for its 887 giant head statues or “Moai.” As a result, I’ve […]