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Easter Island / Rapa Nui: Tongariki

Posted by on Nov 12, 2014 in Easter Island, South America, Travel Blog and Destinations | 0 comments

Easter Island / Rapa Nui: Tongariki

At the base of the extinct volcano Poike, looking away from the distant shores of Chile is the largest ceremonial platform, and an example of the pinnacle of moai construction; Tongariki. Fifteen moai each about 8 m tall stand on a platform 220 m long, or  about the length of 15 city buses. (About one city bus length for each statue.) After much driving and stopping at every smaller and toppled moai on our first day on the island, Tongariki was not only significantly larger, but also restored and fully upright. “Now that’s what I’m fucking talking about!” my travel...

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