Day 21 Easter Island, Chile

Today we tendered off Easter Island.  This am was not a good day for me. There was some discussion as to if we were going to be able to get over to the Island as the water was really choppy. We were suppose to anchor at  8am our tour was scheduled to leave at 8:30.  Unfortunately there was an almost 2 hour delay and the line for the tender was really long and crowded, as we had to move the ship a couple of times due to bad waves.  As I was waiting on the stairs to get down to the tender platform I could feel me becoming faint.  I was able to lean against the wall and Stacey the WC hostess was 3 people in front of me.  One of the women noticed I was going down and she made everyone move and Stacey took me to a chair on the tender landing.  Meanwhile Bill was 3 people behind and no one was letting him come down.  Leo the Maître D was waiting for the tender and he came running over to me and got me water.  He made the people move so Bill could be with me and they got me on the tender, which was going up and down.  It felt like we were hitting the statues under the water.   I have never been so happy to get off in my life.  I knew that I have a little claustrophobia but this was a full-blown case where I almost passed out and was sweating and nauseas.  It took all day for me to feel better.  We had a tour to the Morias (statues) and the local market. We were taken in vans I was lucky as I got a seat up front I could not be in the back as I was still shaking and sweating.  It is amazing to think that these statutes are from 1400 ad.  It was really great to see them.  We then headed to the marketplace.  They had some very nice wooden things but their prices were insane.  A nice salad bowl was $200.  Maybe if it was filled with chocolate.  I did not buy anything, a magnet was $10.  After the market we went to the other side of the island and saw more of the statues.  The island is 64 miles and 6000 people call it home!  They have over 3500 horses that run free all over the island.  No matter where you are there are horses in the middle to of the roads.  I am glad that we got to experience Easter Island would I come back?  Well if the ship was coming this way again yes but I probably would not get off.  Saw it, done it didn’t get the shirt because they were too expensive!  We gained an hour tonight and will for I think they said 4 days straight.  Loving this.  As you will see this was not uploaded as we have no internet for a couple of days.  This is really in the middle of nowhere. Our computer course is coming along.  We are working with pictures this segment.  I am also g working out with LeeAnne 3 x a week and walking the other 3 I rest on the 7^th day! 

Next stop Pitcairn Island!