Once Upon A Time in Latin America (13) Easter Island. MOAI in the sunset glow

Enjoying the Pacific Ocean along the coast, I saw a benchmark showing the distance from the world's major cities. There were many such signs at the ends of the earth. For example, the Cape of Good Hope. Showing as the numbers, Easter Island was really the furthest distance in the world. So Tagore's famous saying was about to change: The furthest distance in the world/ Is not between life and death/ But I am on Easter Island/ and you are not.

In a restaurant facing the sea, a pretty girl was feeding a sparrow, dreamlike. The girl was like Aunt Mei in "The Bridges of Madison County" very much, except her different hair color. I was really hungry cause it was after 2:00 PM but I haven’t eaten anything yet. I asked for two-color ice cream at the cold drink shop on the road, ate and chatted with a neighbor from American. He had been here for two weeks. Every day after eating, he just faced to the sea in a daze, then ate again, in a daze again.

In the event of heavy rain, a double rainbow was across the sky after the rain. This was a lucky astronomical phenomenon. After the Flood of Genesis in the Bible, Jehovah made a covenant with Noah and his descendants with a rainbow that he would no longer make heavy flood to destroy the world. One rainbow was a semicircle, then a double rainbow was full.

Hesitating about the way to visit the island tomorrow, I finally chose to have independent travel for my loving freedom. It needs to buy a pass to travel around the island independently. It took me a long time to find the place to buy the pass in an alley. Eighty dollars with a free map.

According to the map, the first attraction was TAHAI next to the town. This was the best place to watch the MOAI in the evening glow. Taking a big step forward, although it's getting late and after rain, there was still a little ray of evening sunlight. In TAHAI, I saw one row of broken MOAI along each side facing away from the sea. In each raw, there were two somewhat larger and unbroken MOAI overlooking lonely. The most unique one was that the eye in one MOAI was drawn by white lines. This was the only one bright eye on the island, which was with a slight indifference in the slight glow.

MOAI almost always faces away from the sea. It was said that the islanders who made them thought that they would be sheltered and blessed under the gaze of MOAI. Always remember this. People naturally think that they are facing the sea, which is wrong.

Two modern kayaks were returning in the red glow of sunset, in the ancient vicissitudes of MOAI. A cross-generational combination was so harmoniously unified in my camera. This was a masterpiece. :)