The Big Tour (Part 1)

Saturday we slept in, ate breakfast looking out at the ocean, and then headed out for our full day tour.  We were all excited to get going and see and learn about this amazing island.  We started our tour at the quarry (which we all agreed was our favorite thing of the day).  We had no idea what to expect, and honestly we all thought this might be a little boring to look at the rocks where the moai came from, but we were so wrong.  This was a place where things were still in process and the shear amount of moai there was beautiful.

On our way out we ate bananas that the owner had just cut off the tree 1 minute before we ate them.  And look Mason got a twin.  Two bananas in one skin!

 At the quarry there are hundreds of moais in process of transport.  They left them where they were when they stopped making them.  The weather and elements have knocked many of them over.  And most still standing have much of them under the earth that has collected around them.

 These ones are in process, being cut out of the stone.

 View from the hill...

 This is the only moai on the island in a kneeling position.

 Hey dum-dums, give me some gum-gum! (Know the movie?)

 The middle of the quarry hill is a crater, which now looks like a lake.  These guys are near the crater.