Tag: Rano Raraku
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Day 751: November 25, 2025
ODO: 352,175 On schedule day 2: Leaving Lima last night put us a half day ahead! The plan is to use the extra time to get a long overdue oil change from a shop we like in Ica. We have a schedule because we pre-booked a couple things in Cusco, and then filled in the…
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Day 744: November 18, 2025
ODO: 351,308 The wind tried to rock us to sleep, but the altitude had other plans…We suffer. Our sinuses hurt, we have headaches and mild sleep apnea. For reference, neither of us normally has sleep apnea, or snores. We normally don’t start to suffer until we hit 14,000ft, but todays 13,800ft is close enough. When…
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Day 737: November 11, 2025
ODO: 349,918 Ahhh, a quiet day at the beach. Berne makes blueberry pancakes for breakfast. This is special because we finally found syrup! Not a popular food item in Latin America, they prefer honey on their pancakes. We put away our laundry, and reorganize the pantry so all our new groceries will fit. The cab…
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Day 730: November 4, 2025
ODO: 349,114 We use our late check out to dawdle and eat more room service empanadas. Once we get moving its resupply time. On the way out of the grocery store, we meet an older fellow who is very excited about the truck. He did a similar trip during his thirties, and wanted to do…
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Day 723: October 28,2025
ODO: 347,795 We wake up to hot sun and blowing wind. Gil, the rhea, comes over to say hello. There are some bread ends we wont eat, so we feed Gil. Big mistake. The caretaker said we could feed him bread, but failed to mention this would make Gil follow us around too closely. This…
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Day 716: October 21, 2025
ODO: 347,037 Two weeks of work pass with a little bit of adventure: The day is here, time to go home! And the best part, we are leaving at 11am instead of midnight! But that means we arrive at 5:30am local time, which will feel like 1:30am PST. Oh well. We have two very uneventful…
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Rapa Nui Summary
We love, loved Rapa Nui. The people were so nice and helpful, and almost all local. There is a very different vibe here than other Polynesian islands; less laid back, less touristy, but still very proud. There was so much we didn’t understand about this place until we spent a week there. We left with…
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Day 695: September 30, 2025
ODO: 346,683 Farm day 1: We are armed with vehicle extraction tools; hedge trimmer, shovel, clippers, and a few other things to attack the blackberries that are holding everything hostage. We battle them back to expose a 70 series Ford Bronco, Big Ugly, and a Suzuki Samurai. With the help of Blue Jeep and its…
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Day 688: September 23, 2025
ODO: 346,683 The truck still isn’t ready. Another hotel day and night. Back to the mechanic the following morning, only to discover they still haven’t fixed the truck. There is a hitch in the gears, so Berne sends everything back across town (how many times is this now?!) for the gear guy to fix again…
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Day 681: September 16, 2025
ODO: 346,605 Today is all about the relax. Frustration and disappointment are great at sapping your energy. Lots of short walks around the lake and napping happen. We get lots of pictures of the ducks and capybaras lounging in the grass. A nice German overlander spots us from the road and stops to chat. He…