Post #366846 by leisure master on Fri, Mar 14, 2008 6:23 AM

This is a great thread - thanks for the info!

I just booked flights from new york to rapa nui for December on line. We are going through Santiago. My wife and I try to plan a "big" trip every other year and we never use travel agents. All the information you need is out there on the internet and guidebooks. Unless you really know the agent as a person, they can be influenced by the varying "commissions" they get for booking you with different guides, rental agencies, whatever. Frankly, I think you can find just as much (or more) Easter Island experience to draw on here on TC than you could from an agent.

I have purchased as many Easter Island books as I could and many of them are fantastic and none are very long. I don't have them with me here at work so I can't list them, but let me know if interested and I will provide my list and thoughts about the books I have read. I feel very comfortable that we will be able to get around and see everything.

The trip is going to be 2 weeks total, with 6 days on rapa nui and I can't wait.

All that being said, I have really not done a lick of reading about Santiago or Chile and I need to start. That comment about Bali Hai caught my attention - what is that - tiki in Chile? That would be great.

Anyway, back to work....