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Category Archives: Easter Island
Video: Writing by the Sea
Working on the south coast of Easter Island, ignoring the tsunami warnings:
I met Joe Biden on Easter Island.
As you know, I am currently hiking on Easter Island. Today, as I wanted to make siesta in the shadows of the stone statues, I spotted a familiar face. First, I thought it was some random man who happened to … Continue reading
Kon-Tiki
Preparing my trip to Easter Island, memories of Kon-Tiki leaped into my mind, one of the first travel/adventure books I read. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew did not sail to Easter Island in 1947, but further north, yet the underlying question if the islands … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chile, Easter Island, History, Norway, Peru, Travel
Tagged Kon Tiki, Pacific, science, sea, Thor Heyerdahl
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Next trip: Easter Island
As Peru is turning out to be the noisiest country in the world, I urgently need a time-out. I just want to walk across green meadows, sit by the sea and dig out some ancient artefacts for a week. The perfect place … Continue reading
Art in Montenegro
It’s a bit stereotypical with the Balkan-type cap and the drooping mustache, but this is art in Montenegro. It reminds you a bit of the Easter Island heads, doesn’t it? (Photographed at the Winter Palace in Podgorica, Montenegro.)