Easter Island (big heads, not big game).

If anyone's interested (and there have been glimmers of questions on Fodors about Easter Island), I will post photos on Latin America and Australia/South Pacific forums (b/c I'm also spending time in Bora Bora).

Have a great time! Did you see our blog (links on the LA board) - some restaurant info and a great guide suggestion if you haven't already booked a guide.

http://lizandrichardsa.typepad.com/l...and/index.html

I thought I had seen most of the EI posts on the LA forum, but I must have missed yours.

Great website -- with terrific photos.

I wasn't planning on booking a guide -- but rather intended to rent a motorbike or bicycle to visit the island. While I'm interested in the very basic history, which I'll get from a book, I find that guides tend to spend a lot of time at each site and spew an incredible amount of info, far more than I would like to hear. But, May is off-season, and I understand that the guides should have availability.

Michael

I like that big heads not big game. Don't do like that 26-year old goofball and try to hack saw off one of the statue's earlobe or something. Not that you'd do anything like that. Have a wonderful time.

The interesting thing about our guide Josie is that she's the granddaughter of William Malloy - the anthropologist who was instrumental in the re-erection of the Moais......she brings a very real and intimate perspective to the tour (plus takes you to out of the way places like the lava tubes). Also she does horseback tours that are great apparently.

Here's her website if you want to jot it down

http://www.haumakatours.com/index.html

Don't miss "The French Restaurant" - we should have eaten there twice!

Thanks for the link -- I'll send an email to learn more about their tours, pricing and availability.

Have a great time Michael! Don't forget the pic of an Easter Island license plate.
Travel safe!

Have a fantastic trip!

Don't remove any body parts off the statuary on Easter Island.

Will you be diving around Bora Bora - it's some of the best I've seen. Check out Bloody Mary's for good fish and people watching - they'll come pick you up.

Enjoy!

Safari njema!

Have a great time!

On the road again with water, water everywhere!

Have another good one.

Enjoy! If I had to spend my last day somewhere, it would be there. Just sitting at Orongo enjoying the view.

Second the recommendations for Josie and the "French Restaurant". Got to know the owner a little as we were there for a week in 1999 and ate there every night, interesting guy. Josie had just returned from the USA when we were there.