This morning there´s a knock on my door.  “Sra. Ruth, son las 6:30am.”  This was how I was woken.  This was not how I was supposed to wake up.  I had set my cell phone to wake me up twice (it has to do something other than search for service!) once at 5am and again at 5:15am.  What happend?  I decided to wear earplugs when my neighbors got noisy last night.  Brilliant idea. 

“I guess I´ll take a cab!” I yell as I jump out of bed and get dressed.  Thank God I had packed my bag the night before and even left a note taped to my door reminding me to take the yogurt I left on the window sill to stay cool overnight.  Up at 6:31.  Out the door at 6:40.  It pays to plan ahead. 

I had a 8am flight to catch to Easter Island.  I told the cab driver I had to board by 7:30am and he seemed confident.  We got there at 7:15 and I got to security by 7:30 something.  Then I saw this this large plexiglass box with a tall pile of scissors, exacto knives, and Swiss Army knives.  SWISS ARMY KNIVES???  I left mine in my day pack which was ON MY BACK!!! I love that thing.  I´ve had it since my first backpacking trip to Europe.  I made mad dash back to check-in.  They said the flight was closed.  One woman checked again and said there was still time, so I had to check my second day pack and all was well.  They let me take a large bottle of water on the plane though.

LAN airlines is very nice.  Breakfast & a light meal for the 6 hour flight.  Oh, and the entertainment:  a screen in front of every passenger, TV shows, movies, music and games.  Classic movies, documentaries, recent movies.  And their were 160 albums of music to choose from.  Coldplay, 10,000 maniacs, Madonna´s Hard Candy.  I´ll take advantage of that on the way back.

Easter Island is small and the water is beautiful.  It´s cooler than I expected.  Reminds me of the countryside of Puerto Rico.   Everyone speaks Spanish.  Some people look Polynesian and others look of Spanish descent.

Saw a few Moai today and couldn´t believe I was actually here.  I got all emotional as I was walking up to them.  The sun was behind them so I couldn´t get the greatest shots, but I´ll be out again tomorrow.

Moai with Eyes

I have a private room and bath.  I´m going to head back now to cook dinner now.   I´ll share some more pix tomorrow!