AT SEA (17th day of our journey)

This is the closest that we got to EASTER ISLAND today.
Easter Island is the most isolated inhabited island in the world. The Rapa Nui, a polyneian culture erected statues carved stone, called Moai, sometimes 37 ft high. The Island has quite a tumultuous history, erosion of natural resources, famine, being conquered by many different cultures and enslaved. Still it continues to thrive.

We were looking forward to going ashore by tender but, the swells were 10 ft.+ high and the most that we got to do was sail around the island on the ship and view what remains of the Moai from a distance. DISAPPOINTMENT!