Whew! A 5 hour plane ride and I am finally here on Easter Island. It was one of the nicest plane rides I have taken in some time. We got a nice meal, chicken or salmon, and the silverware was actually made of metal. On the tray there was a wine glass, a coffee mug, and this was in addition to the soda they gave you right before. The food, however, was still airplane food, but you can't have everything. TV screens in the back of all the headrests with a little remote that could dual as a game controller. I decided to go the movie route and almost got 3 full ones in. I watched Whatever Works, a Woody Allen pic, with Larry David, Little Fockers, and most of True Grit. The first two I hadn't seen, and knew I wouldn't quite get through the third so I went with a previously viewed choice.
When I landed, after getting my bag, I was met with a lei from Alvaro, the guy running the hotel I'm staying at. Born in Chile, he grew up on the island (his dad Alvaro, Sr. is a native), he's spent the last 15 years in Australia, but now is back to help Mom and Dad run the place. It's a killer deal too, just 14 bucks more than the cheapest dorm room hostel I could find, and I get my own room complete with bathroom. After tomorrow I'll have the kitchen all to myself too, when the Canadian checks out. Super nice guy and his Mom is a sweet, tiny, old lady. I got in a bit late so I didn't have a chance to meet anyone else, but it's going to be a nice few days coming up. Tomorrow Alvaro is taking me and the mysterious Canadian on a tour of the first half of the island (I'll see the other half prob on Saturday). He was showing me on the map and it should be stellar. What a crazy cool place. As we flew over it, to turn around and land, you could see the whole thing in the airplane window. It is seriously just a tiny speck, but so full of mystery, beauty and warm people. The next pics should be pretty amazing, so stay tuned.
~The Wanderer
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