| There was a Catholic church around
the corner from where I stayed. Heard a
lot of bells and singing... I have been
told that the congregation observed
several minutes of silence to pray for
the soul of Princess Di. Many of the
islanders I met were Catholic. |
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| As
luck would have it, I signed up
for an island tour and met a
couple from Santiago . Manuel
spoke pretty good Engish and his
wife, Xinena, understood much of
what I had to say. Manuel is a
travel agent. |
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| The first
place we went was the quarry where the
hats for the statues called
"moai" were carved. This
particular quarry is where all the hats
came from. It is the only place on the
island where the red volcanic rock can be
found. The figure of a birdman is
engraved in the stone. |
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