With Carlos in search for the Birdman.
With Carlos in search for the Birdman.
Carlos our driver and guide on Easter Island showed us the places of the new civilization that succeeded the Moai one: that of the Birdman. Every spring young man swam to a tiny island near The Main Island to pick up the first egg. The tribute of the chap who won was in charge of the Island that following year. It is hard to believe that these guys survived the trip: first descend from a 400 m steep cliff, then swam in shark infested rough sea to an island, pick up an egg and return. But they did. There are some nice carvings from this era left. The cliffs are part of a beautiful crater.
Carlos seemed more interested in the special restaurants in Amsterdam we you can smoke… (he meant coffee shops it turned out)
We visited some interesting caves too. At the end I gave Carlos my antiquary copy of the (Dutch) book of the voyages of Jacob Roggeveen. He was more then pleased.
