Banyandah
1986 Voyage Across the Pacific
Easter Island
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Malpelo Rock *
Galapagoes Islands
Easter Island as few ever see it.
Legend has it the long ears met their doom on the long ridge running left.
The bumps are volcanoes and the rock quarry where the statues were carved.
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BANYANDAH anchored at Caleta Anakena - The first settlement
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Caleta Anakena
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BBQ on rainbow beach in La Perouse Bay
Passenger aircraft crew were Orlando's guests
We invited Orlando for voyage to Tahiti.
Instead, he suggested we take his son Benji,
who is seated centre
The story of Orlando is worth reading in Thor Hyerdal's
Easter Island
Ordered to guard others, Orlando joined their escape in an open boat
eventually taking him around the world
Banyandah anchored in the background,
Jason and Jerome touch an icon of what is strange and remote.
Diagram showing how statues were craved face up
The supporting web is broken and statue slid down hill into hole
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The statues are found all over the Island
This diagram suggests how they were moved using a A frame
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Near the eastern end, close to Hutuiti, were many statues
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The style varied
This an earlier version
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Not all complete their journey
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Benji and his two cousins on a sail around Tahiti
Catching the sights
on a glorious day
on Tahiti
The Perfect ending in paradise
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Last Update 24 August 2003
