{"id":92,"date":"2015-02-25T10:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:38:42","slug":"easter-island-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Easter Island, Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as Papa Nui, this is quite a mystical island. This place is as distinct as any place on earth; it is as if the island appeared from somewhere out of this world. Easter Island is located approximately 2,000 miles from the western coast of Chile. It is quite hard to reach. This isolation is why the mo&#8217;ai<br \/>\n(pronounced mo i) giant rock sculptures made of volcanic rock, survived. These mo&#8217;ai statues are between 1,250 and 1,500 years old. Some weigh as much as 85 tons and stand 30 feet tall. There are 887 such statues on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Today much of the island is a protected UNESCO World Heritage site. The Polynesian people settled here in the first millennium. They estimate that at one time the tiny island sustained nearly 15,000 people. However, overpopulation and the introduction of the Polynesian Rat resulted in the gradual and complete deforestation of the entire island. This event then led to the decline of the Rapa Nui civilization.<\/p>\n<p>In 1722 when european explorers came to the island there were only 2,000 inhabitants. The population suffered further decline until 1877 where only 111 people remained. The name Easter Island was given to is because it was discovered by the Dutch on Easter in 1722. Wild horses roam freely all over the island (see pictures).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05084.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05084-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside boneyard.  Very floral.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05084-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05084-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seaside boneyard. Very floral.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05076-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Large single Mo'ai near shoreline\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05076-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05076-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Large single Mo&#8217;ai near shoreline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC050681.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC050681-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mo'ai near shoreline\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC050681-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC050681-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo&#8217;ai near shoreline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05064.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05064-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"For real.  The Mo'ai near shoreline were all taken down and washed hundreds of yards inland by a giant tsunami in 1915.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05064-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05064-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For real. The Mo&#8217;ai near shoreline were all taken down and washed hundreds of yards inland by a giant tsunami in 1915.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05045.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05045-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05045\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05045-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05045-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05040.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05040-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Group of 7 giant statues\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05040-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group of 7 giant statues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04994.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04994-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"More signs of the once deforested landscape.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04994-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04994-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More signs of the once deforested landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04991.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04991-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Trekking up to the summit of Trevaka Mountain. Approx 2,000 feet above the ocean.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04991-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04991-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trekking up to the summit of Trevaka Mountain. Approx 2,000 feet above the ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04989.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04989-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Yet more proof of deforested landscape.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04989-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC04989-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yet more proof of deforested landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05068.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05068-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05068\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05068-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05068-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05055.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05055-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Public little swim beach enjoyed by locals.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05055-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05055-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public little swim beach enjoyed by locals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05059-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"This mo'ai has eyes\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05059-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05059-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This mo&#8217;ai has eyes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05034.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05034-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05034\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05034-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05034-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05029.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05029-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sacred site of the 7 mo'ai\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05029-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05029-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sacred site of the 7 mo&#8217;ai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wild horses on hillside. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC05017-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild horses on hillside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as Papa Nui, this is quite a mystical island. This place is as distinct as any place on earth; it is as if the island appeared from somewhere out of this world. Easter Island is located approximately 2,000 miles from the western coast of Chile. It is quite hard to reach. This isolation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=92\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Easter Island, Chile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}