Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
May 12, 2026 Today has been a travel heavy day. It’s also the day I expected to linguistically fail. But, I didn’t! Hizzaw! Probably helped that I’ve taken colectivos and inter regional buses in Peru before, so I already had some idea of what to expect and could ask targeted questions at appropriate points to …
May 11, 2026 My boots never did completely dry last night. We’re still very damn in the morning, but it was a warm and sunny day in Santiago, and I had a late flight, so I put them on and went walking around to give them sun exposure. The outside did dry. The inside is …
May 10, 2026 Woke up this morning and packed. Walked down to the coast one last time. Said goodbye to my furry friend who lives at the place I was staying and curled up with me while I was writing emails Then I walked down to the airport. 3 hours early, which was very much …
May 9, 2026 Last full day on the island. It started raining at 10 pm last night. It hasn’t stopped. I woke up at 8am this morning after a night of bizarre seafood induced dreams (let’s just say apparently my subconscious mind has given more thought to the realities of disposing a body than my …
May 8, 2026 Ahí vinapu- There’s actually a number of sites like this around the island, where the moai have been toppled over and broken. Prior to sites being restored starting in the 1960s they had all been toppled over. There are multiple theories why. What is known is that when the Portuguese first discovered …
May 7, 2026 Ahu tongariki- Rano rakaru, aka the moai quarry- So fun fact about the quarry, there’s still several partially quarried moai in situ, so we know a great deal about the process. I actually have extensive pictures of the site, but not attached. Anyway. They’re carved starting with the nose, then the body …
May 6, 2026 I’ve made it out to Easter island. Today I basically just explored the only town on the island – Hanga Roa. I’m also really tired, and I have a pretty bad headache which I think is due to walking around in the humidity plus light sensitivity to how extremely bright the sun …
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