Post #166125 by tikicleen on Wed, Jun 15, 2005 10:01 PM

my friend, darren, has been on a trip around the world for the past year and recently travelled to rapa nui in an impromtu stop on his journey. they stayed for a week and camped out in a tent two weeks ago. apparently is was 10 dollars a night to camp in the designated area (somewhere on the west side of the island...i'll get more details when he gets back to california) they had a great time and only encountered one night which was difficult to sleep through (torrential rains and crazy wind). they brought a bag of groceries from chile and cooked for most of their meals.

they also reported that all of the carved moais were at a "fixed price" which was way beyond their means. if i remember correctly, a 6 to 10 inch moai was selling for 80 bucks and up.

they took numerous pictures during their week there, and the weather was fairly cooperative. we lived vicariously through them for that week!