February 27, 2008

• Easter Island Sunshine

  Its our second day on Easter Island, and I´m having a good day. We were forced to upgrade to Business Class for our flight from Santiago to Easter Island which provided us with the most comfortable sleeping accommodations in what seemed like ages. The chairs reclined back, and for a moment I wished our flight was a lot longer.

  We landed at about noon, after the 5 hour flight. The adorable golden retriever that worked narcotics loved my bag, and as a result, ended up being detained while they searched my bag. My coconut shampoo burst somewhere along our 2 day travels from Mendoza (Sun) to Santiago (Sun) to Easter Island (Sun). My blog on that will be uploaded as soon as I can connect my little eee pc.

  In a hurry to get to the shuttle to our hostel, I lost my passport. I had it when I was being searched, as the nice people requested my documentation. I realized it was missing when I was in the shuttle. After searching, repacking, and heading back to retrace my steps at the airport, nothing showed up. I left my contact information with the airport (15 minute walk from hostel) and left.

  We left the airport and were supposed to stop back off at the hostel before continuing our day. We had a difficult time finding our hostel as none of the streets are named. The only way we were able to get back was to retrace the tour the shuttle gave us of the town before getting to the hostel. We took the LONGEST possible way to get back.

  This morning, we headed back to the airport and realized how close everything was, if we actually knew where we were going. I walked into the terminal, and back to teh security area, where immediately, a few official looking people looked up.

  ¨´passaporte?´´

  They shuffled JC and I into the back room, and I thought I was going to have to fill out more paperwork for the report. Instead, they had my passport! Oh happy day!

  We took some pictures and will be leaving the island on the 2nd. Easter Island is the belly button of the world!

  I miss everyone.

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