Easter Island day 2

Our second day on Easter Island was some what better weather wise. I got up very early to go with our professional photographer to take photos at sunrise at the big Moai site. We left the hotel at 6:45 AM, thankfully the sunrise was not early. We got to Tongariki and Chris helped us set up. I was one of the few with just a point and shoot camera. There was a slip of a moon over the Moai and then the sun started to rise. It was not a very colorful sunrise but I was able to get a few nice photos. The wind was still blowing hard.
Then it decided to start raining. As we were heading back to our mini bus, a beautiful rainbow appeared, so I got to try and get a picture of that too. We then went to Rano Raraku, the quarry where the Moai were carved. I met up with Bob there since he had to tour with a group that did not do the early morning photography option. That allowed us to get a picture together at last. My last stop was at Ahu Tahai, a religious site right at waters edge. Bob visited all the same sights, just in a different order.

We then all met at Anakena Beach for a bar-be-que. Then it was off to the airport to start the “longest” day. 

Fitbit – 7101 steps, 3.36 miles and 35 floors.

    
    
    
    
 We had to fly from Easter Island to Tahiti to refuel. Then we flew on to Samoa. The first flight was 6.5 hours and the second 3.5 hours. We left in the afternoon of October 8 and arrived in the evening of October 9. We are now in “tomorrow” while those of you who are reading this are in “yesterday”. Yes, crossing the international date line makes for confusing writing.