Dec 30th, 2012 at 10:00AM: How would you feel about sailing 10,000 nautical miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Easter Island and back on a double-hulled canoe with no GPS or navigational equipment? In August, after reading a story my colleague wrote on the Waku Tapu Voyage to Rapanui Expedition, I resolved to check back on these intrepid explorers to see if they made it to Rapanui (Easter Island) in one piece.
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Voyage To Rapanui: 5,000 Miles Down With No GPS, Maps Or Compass
Dec 30th, 2012 at 10:00AM: How would you feel about sailing 10,000 nautical miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Easter Island and back on a double-hulled canoe with no GPS or navigational equipment? In August, after reading a story my colleague wrote on the Waku Tapu Voyage to Rapanui Expedition, I resolved to check back on these intrepid explorers to see if they made it to Rapanui (Easter Island) in one piece.
I'm ...Win A Trip To South America With Richard Bangs
Dec 22nd, 2012 at 9:00AM: South America is a land of diverse cultures, stunning scenery and breathtaking adventure. Travelers can climb to the highest peaks of the Andes, experience unique wildlife, explore the biodiversity of the Amazon and indulge in a variety of wonderful cuisines. The continent truly does have something to offer nearly every kind of traveler and now television personality Richard Bangs wants to take ...10 Remote Travel Destinations From Around The World
Oct 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
As technology and transportation advance, the world becomes smaller and smaller; however, that doesn't mean there aren't still out-of-the-way destinations with well-preserved history and culture worth exploring. Although tricky to get to, these 10 remote spots are worth the journey.
Easter Island
One of the most famous remote islands in the world, Easter Island, a special territory of ...Hotel News We Noted: October 5, 2012
Oct 5th, 2012 at 5:30PM: Happy Columbus Day weekend, everyone. We'd wish you a happy holiday, but we're not sure that anyone other than postal carriers really get the day off for this anymore.
Lucky for you, we have lots of fun news this week to keep you busy reading over your two (or three) day weekend.
As always, email us with questions, comments or tips. We love to hear from our HNWN fans!
Hotel News We're ...Voyage To Rapanui: Sailing 10,000 Miles Without GPS, Maps Or Compass
Aug 16th, 2012 at 8:00AM: In these modern times most of us have become very reliant on technology – some would say a bit too much so. But no one will accuse the 24 sailors on the Voyage to Rapanui expedition of being too technology dependent. The group will soon set off on an ocean journey that will see them crossing more than 10,000 miles of open water without the use of any kind of modern navigational tool. That ...Video: Scientists Make Easter Island Statue Walk
Jun 26th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Easter Island is a remote and mysterious place best known for the iconic and other worldly stone faces that dot its landscape. More than 880 of those statues, known as moai, are spread out across the island, some of which weigh in excess of 80 tons and stand more than 10 meters in height. One of the enduring mysteries of the moai is just how they were carved and then moved miles away from the ...Grilling Around The Globe: A Memorial Day Photo Tribute
May 28th, 2012 at 12:00PM: Where there's smoke, there's barbecue – and there's no better time than Memorial Day to light that grill. This year, instead of the same old, same old post on burgers, food safety and how not to burn the patio down, I thought I'd offer a photo tribute to grilling in all of its glorious permutations around the globe.
I confess to taking some liberties, and adding a few methods that don't ...
Photo Of The Day: Easter Island P.D.
Apr 5th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Spring is in full swing and Easter and Passover are coming this weekend. Looking for something seasonally appropriate, I searched the Gadling Flickr pool but instead of Easter the holiday, I found images of Easter the Island. This shot by davitydave especially caught my eye, showing the uniformed (and probably Chilean) Easter Island police looking rather stern and serious with their incredible ...Photo of the day - Easter Island at sunrise
Dec 9th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Remote places are special. They certainly capture the imagination. Organized economically and socially around their distance from centers of commerce and distribution, they often share both a rhythm and many characteristics with each other.
Easter Island is one very remote place. The Chilean island, located over 2000 miles from the Chilean mainland (and another 2000-plus miles from Tahiti) ...Five classic Chilean foods
Sep 11th, 2011 at 4:00PM: Chilean food doesn't have the glamour and romance of the cuisine of its neighbor, Argentina, nor the complexity and exotic Japanese influences bestowed upon the contemporary dishes of its other neighbor, Peru. I just returned from my second visit to Chile, where in between consuming epic quantities of manjar (dulce de leche) and pisco sours, I found more substantial food to love.
Chilean food ...Genetic clue to Easter Island mystery
Jun 9th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Easter Island has always been a puzzle to archaeologists and historians.
Hundreds of miles from the nearest land, this small Pacific island hosted a culture that built the famous Easter Island statues, and then vanished as mysteriously as it appeared.
Now DNA evidence has shed new light on where the Easter Islanders came from. It turns out that while most of the islanders' heritage has roots ...Rome's Vatican Museums host rare Aboriginal art exhibition
Dec 31st, 2010 at 2:00PM: No one can ever accuse the Vatican of acting impulsively. In 1925, over 300 artworks and relics were sent to Rome by Aboriginal Australians, for a papal show. Since that time, the items have been squirreled away, despite being one of the world's finest collections of Aboriginal art and artifacts, according to a recent New York Times article.
Fortunately, these treasures are now on public ...Chiloe: Chilean Patagonia's emerald islands offer eco- and agritourism
Sep 30th, 2010 at 3:00PM: I can't remember who first told me about Chiloe, but I do recall that it was just a few weeks before my first trip to Chilean Patagonia. For a year I'd been planning an itinerary around my personal Holy Grail: rafting the thunderous Futaleufu River.
Located across the Chacao Channel from the bustling town of Puerto Montt in northern Patagonia, Chiloe is a 41-island archipelago. The largest of ...Photo of the Day (7.18.09)
Jul 18th, 2009 at 8:00PM: If you're traveling to Easter Island, then your visit is surely incomplete if you aren't able to see the Moai statues with your own two eyes. These statues can be found along the coastal periphery of this special island, which is nestled conveniently between the nations of Tahiti and Chile. You can only get to the island through one of these two places too -- or by boat. But what a special place ...Adventure Destination: Easter Island
May 18th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Easter Island has always been a place of great mystery. Everyone is aware of the iconic stone faces that number more than 800 and stand as much as 10 meters in height and weighing in at nearly 75 tons. The figures were carved by inhabitants of the island between 1250 and 1500 AD, and their construction and transportation to various parts of the island, is still considered a remarkable feat. The ...Nine wonders in 26 days
Feb 25th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Planning ahead has never paid off quite so much. If you're thinking about a big trip for the fall, kick around Abercrombie & Kent's "Nine Wonders of the World" excursion. A private jet will cart you to the most impressive destinations our planet has to offer over 26 days, and you just won't want to come back to reality. The experience kicks off on October 19 at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, ...12 Amazing Crater Lakes
Feb 11th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Environmental Graffiti, the same website that brought us those amazing views from the tops of the Seven Summits last week, returns with even more great images. The subject of their latest story is the 12 Most Incredible Crater Lakes on Earth. These amazing natural wonders are created not from the impact of a meteorite, but instead they are formed when the collapsed cone of a volcano fills up with ...Five things you didn't know about Chile
Nov 26th, 2008 at 8:30AM: Having recently returned from a fantastic trip to Chile, I feel compelled to spread the good news about this long, thin pencil of a country. I've already sung the praises of its Torres del Paine National Park-- now here are five more reasons to make Chile your next travel destination.
1. The Atacama Desert, the driest spot in the world. There are some spots in this desert where precipitation has ...After Easter Island statue vandalized by a Finn many want his ear
Mar 28th, 2008 at 1:00PM: As Grant pointed out, the Giza Pyramids are not for wandering about freely because of vandalism. Here are some more can't get close to items. Plymouth Rock can't be seen up close due to vandals that once chipped at it for a souvenir. You can't wander around Stonehenge at random anymore for the same reason. You can't get too close to Michelangelo's, Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica either. A ...Man arrested for attempting to steal parts of Easter Island statues
Mar 26th, 2008 at 11:40AM: This is why archaeologists hate tourists and why we're not allowed to walk around freely in the Giza Pyramids anymore. Because we can't keep our hands off of things. The BBC is reporting that a Finnish Tourist on the Easter Islands was recently arrested for trying to steal a chunk off of the famous Moai statues. He was apparently spotted reaching up to try to pry off an earlobe, then, on breaking ...
