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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'Welcome to 76 pics of Rapa Nui, from whence come the mysterious stone heads, on the most remote inhabited place on earth. Find here pics of the heads, people, Peace Boat adventure, and of course the so, so nice surf : )', 'I took these pics during three different Peace Boat visits to the island in 01, 04 and 06. We parked off the lower-left point of the island.', 'Rapa Nui is the lower-right point of the Polynesian triangle; Hawaii is at the top, and Aotearoa/New Zealand the third point. All are pushing for independence.', 'Tonga time. The runway at the airport was lengthened in case the Space Shuttle might descend akinder.', 'There are 3,000-4,000 people on Rapa Nui, a colony of Chile; like Hawaii for the US, Aotearoa for New Zealand, and Tahiti (in the middle) for France. The first Polynesians found Rapa Nui - also known as Te Pito o Te Henua - between 800 and 1200 CE.', 'The famous heads are like keepers of ancestral power and spirit. Unfortunately, producing the big heads decimated natural resources, and civil war over resources nearly decimated the Rapa Nui people. Followed by European illness and slave-raids, the number went down \'round 100 people I think. The heads number around 800!', 'Surf dash & splash. The island is littered with toppled heads, knocked over during the civil wars. Those standing were re-erected over the past century.', 'Honga Roa (main town) welcome committee complete with spear guns aimed at my vulnerabilities. Now the island is littered with toppled heads, knocked over during the civil wars. Those standing were re-erected over the past century.', 'Now that we\'ve crashed through the surf on tongas, off to see the Moai (stone heads)! If you want more, friend wiki is there for you : )', 'Squally, squabbly weather.', 'Artsy fartsy and lava rock.', 'Passing by the volcano from which all Moai were carved, on our way to site #1, Ahu Tongariki.', 'Ahu Tongariki, the main event.', 'Don\'t step on the rock pad, that\'s the spirits\' place.', 'Two of the 600-800 PB cats, getting water\'d on from on high.', 'Squallor! Shpooky! A favorite pic.', 'And now, the pic of my life. You\'d\'ve thought that rain and squall would be a bad thing for a camera. Rule #1, you never, ever know when the chance for the winner will come up, and rule #2, often you\'ll get that pic where you least expected. Up till this moment I was thinking, dag, crap weather at the most over-photographed place on earth, and then bam! pot of gold : )', 'One of the toppled Moai. All of these were toppled, and then tossed all around by a tsunami at some point. Don\'t know why this guy was left sitting.', 'More ominous-ness.', 'Gotta luv\'a lotta lava. Repeat 10x, and fast!', 'Horay for the sun!', 'Rano Raraku, the volcano from which all Moai came. Next closest town is like 1500 miles away.', 'Long shot in nasty light. The Moai in the previous pic aim towards the right face of the volcano.', 'I think I can, I think I can...', 'Slow march to the sea.', 'Someone toppled that guy around 300 years ago, and that was that.', 'Local kids milking the photo circuit.', 'A honker for the ages.', 'Mo\' heads, forever.', '', 'Up top the volcano, and the crater down yonder side. A buddy tried to swim across and had a crazy bird try to attack him, so I hears...', 'Rough days with that grass tickling the snausage just so.', 'Chilling, and getting mad chills, top of le\' volcan.', 'Drama\'tic.', 'On to the next site, here and there lie more of the toppled Moai.', 'This is Anakena beach, the only beach on the island, with another set of Moai.', 'A little kishy from the ocean for my camera, thanks!', 'Gabriel Tetiarahi, Tahitian independence and anti-nuclear movement leader and long-time friend of PB giving and offering to the Moai.', 'With Sergio Rapu, Rapa Nui expert, two very important people of the Pacific.', 'Jelly-fish in the sky. ', 'Now on to the other side of the island.', 'Getting the low-down on the bird-man competition, entailing swimming out to the far island, grabbing an egg and swimming back.', 'A wee larger crater. Or \'cratre\' as they -might- say in the UK.', '', '', 'Ohhhhhhh now we are getting to a nice place!', 'But on to other business first...', 'Polynesian-style cooking in the ground. This is after all the covers and dirt have been removed.', 'Good music and culture with good people working hard to keep the identity and language alive.', 'Boat tenders.', '', 'My taxi driver (right) and his buddy who sported me a boogie for $10.', 'Local shark posse.', 'Ohhhh happy place!', 'My taxi driver turned out to be proficient a\'plenty with my beast of camera.', 'Just touch that crystal : )', 'And then the crystal reaches out and touches you on the head. And if touched hard enough, you go down and touch the reef, haha.', '', '', 'The PB from 01 to 04, MV OLVIA.', 'And the PB from 04 to 08, TSS THE TOPAZ.', '', '', '', 'Had my swim fins in my backpack, about a half-hour to spare, and very nearly swam out for a body surf. One day I will get my revenge, arghghghg! There were two boogies getting washed around pretty well, and a super sketch entry to the right.', 'Just stunning the stillness and power of the sky and sun and water.', '', '', 'Mo\' heads for mo\' tourists.', 'Heading home.', 'Little boats and big boats.', '', 'Onboard show by Rapa Nui\'s music and dance performance group.', '', '', 'Peeling out after two days in a most beautiful place, looking forward to five days on to Tahiti, that one day will be free!' );
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