# Travel to Easter Island--Rapa Nui? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 14, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526 "2023-11-14T19:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scta123](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/scta123/32/9422_2.png) [@scta123](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/scta123)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/21 "2023-11-23T06:25:30Z")
Your photos made me check my hard drive for some photos of mine. Great memories. As I said statues are most magical at sunrise. ![F81C839B-6EFD-4821-A575-F4CDB76C5107_1_105_c](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/7/a/7af4c0ac207716c8987be5e743f440e626b4c1a9.jpeg) ![9CD765FB-1EC8-4B34-BB04-1131082C3FEE_1_105_c](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/f/a/fa8c0eee745b6d08b2b561aeff795a6e93f59c88.jpeg) Yes, most of the island shores are rocky. Dark, black rocks. but the Pacific ocean is wild and magically blue. ![A2A137B8-CAE4-45C4-86CE-FE98934E1A51_1_105_c](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/9/d/9dfb86eca0e053cd7caa3748f77825ac0229452b.jpeg) We did not take scooters, surely doable, but we decided for a small open top SUV. In August weather was really unpredictable, warm, but not too warm, windy, rain came several times as a shower and sun came out minutes later. ![76176BD3-C6E3-4B29-9DDF-DA768D25C795_1_105_c](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/1/9/1907d97d7d85690149f4a33b1a671d3ff6903e67.jpeg) This is the crater lake. This is where I imagine rapamycin was found (from description in papers) and it is truly the most magical part of the island. No statues around, but this is where ancient islanders lived. ![0B552B92-BA86-4309-B41E-69C3560B1500_1_105_c](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/2/d/2d8f66e05b52afbe368076a6783521746ab63d4b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/22 "2024-01-08T22:27:26Z")
Hello Rapa Peoples! I saw this online in the news - a bit on the Easter Island statues. Cool to see how big they are - how much is hidden in the ground. Link: [Rarely Seen Images Of Things We've Always Wondered About - Democratic Underground](https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181947032) And a rare dissected nervous system artifact in my museum follows this piece on the Rapa Heads in “Rarely Seen Images Of Things We’ve Always Wondered About!” Funny huh - how everything is connected - we just don’t know it. ![20240108_160006](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/d/f/df8fc7113e45ef2a7ebeacbe04c98993fb5c4502.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/destrider/32/19418_2.png) [@DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/DeStrider)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/23 "2024-01-08T22:33:52Z")
@Agetron Looking good there buddy! What you’re doing is working. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HealthspanMaximalist](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HealthspanMaximalist](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/HealthspanMaximalist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/24 "2024-02-05T02:34:10Z")
I would love to visit Rapa Nui one day. Hopefully being on rapamycin will help provide us all with many years of opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Sirt6](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sirt6](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Sirt6)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/25 "2024-02-07T15:31:00Z")
I would join 😊! Any plans, yet? ---
**Author:** ![momgotshocked](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@momgotshocked](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/momgotshocked)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/26 "2024-02-07T15:45:21Z")
Not yet. We are just thinking about it. I would love to cruise there, but my understanding is that that is iffy–you can get all the way there, encounter bad weather, and then you are unable to go ashore. ---
**Author:** ![scta123](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/scta123/32/9422_2.png) [@scta123](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/scta123)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/27 "2024-02-18T17:03:55Z")
> **[British Museum’s Instagram flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/18/british-museum-instagram-flooded-calls-return-easter-island-statue)** > > Chilean social media users target institution, forcing it at one point to close comments on posts ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/28 "2024-03-17T02:24:44Z")
A NEW DISCOVERY AT EASTER ISLAND COULD REWRITE HISTORY. This just showed up… they believe Rapa Nui islanders created a unique language… written on wood that predates European conquest in 1720. Wonder what it says? Cool. > **[A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a60204344/rapa-nui-language/)** > > Radiocarbon dating of ancient scripts suggests a groundbreaking origin story. ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/29 "2024-03-17T18:42:43Z")
And here’s a bit more on the language of Rapa Nui: > **[Mysterious Writing System From Easter Island May Be Completely Unique](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/easter-island-rongorongo-discovery)** > > New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights. Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/30 "2024-11-09T06:50:56Z")
Before I die at a ripe old age of 120 years I definitely need to go see this mystical place? ![pJ9C84hseK9aDURRhKub2W-1200-80.png](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/8/3/83f2853742985c46315df537505c0c32da393a70.webp) ![Screen Shot 2024-11-08 at 11.23.29 PM](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/0/7/072e866275e3342add3725161061aa5a3792db82.jpeg) ![Screen Shot 2024-11-08 at 11.24.35 PM](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/f/6/f6637a209a5c823f25d83f7b89d193e19f5793a4.jpeg) > **[Milky Way swirls over famous Easter Island statutes in stunning photo](https://www.space.com/stargazing/milky-way-swirls-over-famous-easter-island-statutes-in-stunning-photo)** > > The Moai statues of Easter Island have some of the best views of the night sky on Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Bicep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/31 "2024-11-09T13:48:02Z")
Probably not a lot of light pollution out there. I wonder if they have a switch that just shuts off all the lights. (kidding) ---
**Author:** ![DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/destrider/32/19418_2.png) [@DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/DeStrider)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/32 "2024-11-16T12:45:42Z")
And now for something I bet you didn’t know… > **[The Famous Easter Island Heads Have Hidden Bodies](https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/26/famous-easter-island-heads-have-hidden-bodies/)** > > Practically everyone has seen the iconic images of the Easter Island heads. What you may not have known is that those Easter Island heads actually have hidden buried bodies. ---
**Author:** ![RapAdmin](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/rapadmin/32/377_2.png) [@RapAdmin](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/RapAdmin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/33 "2024-11-17T02:39:22Z")
And another thing I bet you didn’t know… you can buy (in Costco Taiwan it seems) some pretty large Moai statues! I love these things… this is what we should send to Richard Miller and his team as a gift 😄 ![Screen Shot 2024-11-16 at 6.36.07 PM](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7d2604f7f7e99bc20f58a6edf1b190f8c937b50f.jpeg) ![1951056](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/2/0/20c4889e0314e0ca61a4d8e846465ece2276bab4.jpeg) [https://shopp-day.com/39yard-statue-仿石雕摩艾像-長47x寬51x高100-5cm-965475/#google\_vignette](https://shopp-day.com/39yard-statue-%E4%BB%BF%E7%9F%B3%E9%9B%95%E6%91%A9%E8%89%BE%E5%83%8F-%E9%95%B747x%E5%AF%AC51x%E9%AB%98100-5cm-965475/#google_vignette) ---
**Author:** ![Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Bicep)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/34 "2024-11-17T04:15:56Z")
Oh, but I want one with a belly and a little jock strap. ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/35 "2025-10-07T19:42:49Z")
They Walked! Easter Island’s statues actually ‘walked,’ and physics backs it up! > **[Easter Island's statues actually 'walked,' and physics backs it up](https://phys.org/news/2025-10-easter-island-statues-physics.html)** > > For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground experiments, a team including faculty at... ---
**Author:** ![DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/destrider/32/19418_2.png) [@DeStrider](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/DeStrider)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/36 "2025-11-28T01:09:55Z")
> **[Easter Island quarry reveals how Polynesians made enigmatic stone statues | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/science/easter-island-stone-statues-rapa-nui)** > > Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them. ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/37 "2025-11-30T03:24:29Z")
And as follow-up. Until I am able to visit Rapa Nui in person… this 3-D visual is amazing… in preparation to tour! Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Moai (Statue) Quarry at Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Moai (Statue) Quarry at Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) [3D Viewer](https://share.google/gWQD9NKVkWBL29vnG) Wow… the details. ---
**Author:** ![RapAdmin](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/rapadmin/32/377_2.png) [@RapAdmin](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/RapAdmin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/38 "2025-11-30T03:27:23Z")
Wow - thats great to see! Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bicep](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Bicep)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/39 "2025-11-30T03:53:48Z")
Fantastic! I had no idea it’s so small. Little airport, small town and a few farms. I wonder what they raise there. Wonder what land goes for? ---
**Author:** ![Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/user_avatar/www.rapamycin.news/agetron/32/40772_2.png) [@Agetron](https://www.rapamycin.news/u/Agetron)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526/40 "2025-11-30T03:59:37Z")
Phred… let’s buy a plot of land and grow the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus, hahaha. Yes, I’ve been flying all over the island virtually… not what I thought at all from photos… And, to see the finished airport runway that caused the Canadians to go and look around… before Chilean tourism started. ![Screenshot_20251129_213832_Chrome](https://www.rapamycin.news/uploads/default/original/3X/9/e/9ede2e2b0ab72c61d0a7cd9941092b46fdf3278f.jpeg) [Previous page](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526.md?page=1) [Next page](https://www.rapamycin.news/t/travel-to-easter-island-rapa-nui/10526.md?page=3)