Post #125488 by tikibars on Sun, Nov 14, 2004 10:27 AM

LakeSurfer - the waves here are tasty, and the water is the most amazing shade of perfect blue. But there´s only one sand beach. If you surf anywhere else, you´ll end up impaled on jagged volcanic rock along the shore.

There are many metric tons of moai souvenirs here, more by far than when I was in here in 2000. There is a new craftsmen´s bazaar open, it´s like an antique mall that sells nothing but moai! 40 or so vendors, and all moai, moai, moai... Moai Mall!

Jen, who has cash, is going nuts, I am a bit strapped, so I am limiting myself to one nice carving.

There are actually three internet cafes here - three souvenir shoppes each have one in the back for 1000 pesos for 15 minutes - that´s about 2 bucks.

The heavy rain stopped after Thursday.

Jen and I made friends with a couple from the UK and a guy from Holland. We were out last night drinking some Pisco sours in a bar where the locals hang out and the tourists avoid.

Only way to travel.

We saw all of the major sites Thurs-Fri-Sat, so today we´re just hiking by the cliffs taking in some minor sites before flying home tomorrow.

oh, and yes indeed, Iorana is the local equivalent of Aloha!

And Mahalos is Maururu here.

Time to go hike!