The alarm went off at 6am and we were walking across the street to the airport by 6:30am. As I crossed the road, I had some worries due to the thick blanket of fog, but the LAN counter seemed confident that everything would be fine. At the gate, we learned that the Santiago Airport was closed due to the fog. Every hour, more updates came over the loudspeakers until finally we were given the green light for departure at 11:30. After a 5-1/2 hour flight, we made a bumpy landing onto Easter Island. Patrizia was waiting for us outside the terminal and after a quick tour of the little town, we were at our bungalow overlooking the ocean. To the right of the bungalow on the cliffs are the Moai stone statues. It is quite a site and it is hard to believe we are actually here.
After getting settled, we headed out to the cliffs for sunset and an up close look at the giant guardians of the island. When sunset was over, we wandered into town for supplies and grabbed an empanada for dinner. Neither of us finished our empanada. It seemed like every stray dog could smell our empanadas in our bags as we walked home. Finally we caved and fed 3 dogs, and one of the dogs ended up escorting us all the way to our front door. He looks like a small version of “Old Yeller” and barked at all the other dogs. He was our own little guard dog. Right now he is camped out on our doormat on our little porch leaning against the door. If he is there in the morning, we will give him a name.
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