34 year old dude from Norway, loves hanggliding and all that is fun :-) Can be reached on phone +47 928 62 877, but I prefere writen messages, so please write email (estrandl@online.no).

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Chile - Easter Island

I love big birds and of course when I went to the Easter Island I found this beaty, a hawk from Easter Island. They were all over the place and it was stunning to se how good they where to chase the small birds, fly thermals and the strong wind. The picture is taken in the volcano crater where the famous Maui statues of Easter Island is made. Easter Island was really famous for its cultur after Thor Heyerdal was there with his expedition in 1955-1956 and later with his book "Aku Aku, the secrets of easter Island" This week its 50 years since Heyerdal arrived to the Easter Island. If you are thinking about flying here, you probably be the first one (I spoke to some of the locals and they havent heard about anyone). But for paragliders its no good place, its blows a lot. but for hanggliding it should be good, there are some places there wich is just perfect! If you are allowed to fly there is another question since most of the island is a national park.