Pitcairn Part II

We stopped once again by Pitcairn Island, home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers. As before, we weren't allowed to go ashore – there's no breakwater, and it's tough to land safely. They brought their wares aboard but business wasn't so good since about 1/3 of the passengers had been onboard the first time round and had done their shopping then. Scott made a gift of the majority of our "pillow" chocolates (that they leave in the room every night) along with some fairly recent reading materials, to the Schoolteacher. Not expecting anything in return, he was touched to be given a simple crayon-colored picture entitled "My Island is Special" -- by the kid that'd done it.

Kathy was told that, this being the end of the cruise season for this part of the world, we were the last cruise ship they'd see for about six months. It was poignant to hear them sing the “goodbye” song and realize we'd most likely never hear it again. (The kids on the other hand, who will hear it zillions of times again, were obviously bored)

Easter Island – on Easter!

We now count ourselves among the few that have visited Easter Island twice – and on Easter Day, to boot. Having viewed all the significant moai sites last time, we spent our time in the small but pleasant town of Hanga Roa, the only settlement on the island. We missed the Easter church service in order to visit the museum before it closed at 12:30pm, but we did invite ourselves to the church picnic – simply by following the lines of people and cars down a side street. It turns out it wasn't so much a picnic as a free distribution of cooked food, to be carried home for dinner. One was required to bring a plastic sack to contain the handout. Lacking a suitable container, and not overly enthused by the looks of the food anyway, we opted for a late lunch on the ship instead. Wimps.

Only Church in Town	Post-service Fiesta	Food distribution	Kids kicking back on the beach

There are "wild" horses all over the island -- and in the town too.

Coastal, for while

Easter Island brings to a close the long South Seas portion of our journey; after a long period at sea, we will be back to the mainland, some exciting new destinations, and a couple of new countries -- Peru and Ecuador. We'll also actually set foot in Panama (we transited the canal before, but we're not sure that counts)

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