Day 1 - Friday, November 23, 2007 - Flight from Denver to Los Angeles to Santiago, Chile Our flight to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was scheduled to depart at 7:10 on Friday morning so our friend Tim Templeton took us to Denver late on Thursday afternoon. What we did not count on was that all the restaurants were closed for Thanksgiving Day. We did find a Village Inn ...
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Day 2 - Saturday, November 24, 2007 – Santiago, Central, People, and Flower Market, Bali-Hai Restaurant After a long day/night in the plane, we arrived at Santiago at 6:10 AM. We stood in a long line of Canadians to pay our US$100 reciprocity fee to enter into Chile. After paying the tax and claiming our luggage we cleared customs quickly. After clearing customs we were met ...
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Day 3 – Sunday, November 25, 2007 – Fly to Easter Island, Reception at Mataveri Airport, Orientation It was a very short night after getting back to the hotel after our late dinner show last night. Our wake-up call came at 4:20 this morning. We showered, finished packing our smaller bags, and took our larger luggage to the front desk for storage. When we return from Easter ...
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Day 4 – Monday, November 26, 2007 – Easter Island: Full Day Tour Visiting Vaihu, Akahanga, Basis of Poike and Volcano-Free Time We woke up with the sun coming up over the island and the roosters telling us it was time to get going. The temperature was 69 degrees and the humidity was 78% with a pleasant tropical breeze. We had a nice buffet breakfast and at 9:30 our driver Chico ...
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Day 5 –Tuesday, November 27, 2007 – Easter Island Half Day Tour of Orongo, Ana Kai Tangata, Ahu Vinapu & Volcano The skies were a little cloudy when we woke up at 7:30. We had a great breakfast and lively conversation with Ed and Andy & Jack and then met the rest of the group in the lobby at 9:30 to begin our day. It was another beautiful day in Paradise! The temperature was 69 ...
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Day 6 – Wednesday, November 28, 2007 – Easter Island Half Day Tour of Ahu Akivi, Quarry of Puna Pau, & Volcano A very persistent rooster woke us up as the sun came up at 7:15 this morning. The skies were partly cloudy again today with a temperature of 68 degrees and the humidity was 68%. We showered, had breakfast, and then organized our packs for another day’s adventure here ...
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Day 7 – Thursday, November 29, 2007 – Flight Easter Island to Santiago, Chile Today was a travel day but we had plenty of time to have our breakfast and finish packing our bags. Patricia and Chico were at the hotel at 9:30 AM to take us to the Mataveri Airport, only a 5 minute drive from our hotel. The airport is very small with only 3 gate agents so it took a while to check our ...
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Day 8 – Friday November 30, 2007 – Full Day Private Tour of Cachapoal Valley Wine Route We began our day with breakfast at the hotel. We walked to the shopping center to get water and a few things we needed. At 10:30 Eduardo and our driver Marcelo picked us up and we were on our way to the Chilean Wine Country! We left the city and took Route 5 South to the Cachapoal Valley, a ...
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