Easter Island - Nov 21-24 2018

On November 21, about 4.5 hours flight from Santiago, Chile, we landed on Easter Island, locals called Rapa Nui, one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet. The entire island is a UNESCO world heritage site, famous for hundreds of moai created by the early Rapa Nui people from 1100–1680 AD. Typical landscape on Easter Island is small volcano hills covered in short grasses, a result of deforestation many many years ago. The sunset at Ahu Tahai and the sunrise at Ahu Tongariki were amazing. A 17 km long scenic hiking along the coast from Anakena Beach to Ahu Tahai for 8.5 hours was our most remote hiking, accompanied by dead horses and animal bones along the way. Sometime, we had to climb over stonewalls and wired fences to continue the journey. The hiking was hard but worthy. We also enjoyed Easter Island seafood dishes, small portion but delicious. We stayed there from Nov. 21 to Nov. 24.

11月21日，我们从智利圣地亚哥乘坐拉美航空，大约四个半小时后，降落在著名的复活节岛。这是地球上最与世隔绝的岛屿之一。该岛以众多巨大石雕人像而闻名，是联合国教科文组织的世界文化遗产址。复活节岛由三座被草丛覆盖的小火山丘组成。复活节岛上Ahu Tahai的日落和Ahu Tongariki的日出令人惊叹。从Anakena海滩出发，我们沿着海岸穿过荒无人烟的草原和山丘，翻石墙，越铁丝网，徒步长达17公里8.5小时，才回到Ahu Tahai。我们也很喜欢复活节岛上的海鲜菜肴，量少且美味。我们在11月24日回到了圣地亚哥。

Santiago, Chile - Nov 19-21 2018

South America is the fourth continent we have visited. Since Santiago, Chile is the start and end point of Antarctica trip, we had spent seven nights in Santiago before and after the trip to do sightseeing. We took a guided tour to the presidential palace and visited many museums, churches and historic sites. We also did a day trip to Valparaiso, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which is famous for hillside color buildings and funicular lifts. The weather in Santiago was perfect, warm and dry. We really enjoyed the seafood, especially pink clam and king crab.

南美洲是我们访问过的第四大洲。因为智利圣地亚哥是南极之旅的起点和终点站，前后我们在那里呆了七个晚上。我们参观了总统府，并去了许多博物馆，教堂和历史遗址。我们还去了被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产以山坡色彩建筑和索道缆车而闻名的瓦尔帕莱索游览。夏天的圣地亚哥气候很完美，温暖而干燥。我们很喜欢那里的海鲜，特别是粉红蛤和帝王蟹。