Easter Island:

What and incredible day!!  Cruise ships have a very difficult time accessing Easter Island because of its isolation.  The closest islands are 1200 miles and the Peruvian mainland is 2000 miles.  Also, there is no dock so the ships have to tender passengers from the ship to the island.  There are only two places on the island where the island can be accessed, either at the main city, Hanga Roa, or at a bay at the north end of the island.  Often the seas are so rough around the island that neither can be accessed.  We had talked to passengers who have been on this cruise multiple times and never have been able to go ashore at Easter Island.  Today, the seas were cooperative and we made it ashore.  Yes!

The big story of course is the Mois, the large stone statues that are all over this small island.  Exactly how they came to be and why is disputed by scientists and even the locals.