Towards the end of our trip, we rented a car with some people we met at the camp and decided to use our bandana map (a souvenir we purchased in Hanga Roa) to see the remaining ruins. Even though we did not go during the tourist season there was still a little “market” where the locals sold souvenirs at the entrance to the ruin. Unlike my earlier post...
Ahu Tongariki was my favorite Moai monument. I loved it for two reasons, the first is it is that it has been restored, it was amazing to see the toppled Moai, but it was breath taking to see them restored. Ahu Tongariki is the largest of the Moai monuments. It was restored after being toppled by a tsunami, most of the Moai are toppled, historians believe they were...
The first time I went to Dinosaur Park I was just a child and thought it was so neat to climb on these giant dinosaurs. I loved Jurassic Park so to me this was like my own little taste of Jurassic Park. Twenty years later I went back with my husband and I still had a blast climbing on the dinosaurs. Dinosaur Park is a free park that was built-in 1936. It consists of...
Wailua Falls is a beautiful cascading 80 foot waterfall just north of Lihue and is widely recognized because it is featured in the opening credits of fantasy island. It is recommended that you don’t hike to the top of the waterfall, because it is dangerous, we did not know this at the time and we hiked to the top of the waterfall. The river that flows into the...
We love Moab! When we were dating my husband and I would try to go to every Jeep Safari week over Easter weekend. Now that we are parents, our Easter celebrations have changed. However, our favorite trip to Moab was during Jeep Safari Week when we went down with a couple of friends. Jeep Safari Week is a big deal for rock crawlers. Rock Crawlers from all over the...