Such a great day! We visited the 15 Moai lined up along the coast. They are spectacular! 🗿❤️

Wow! What a day! The hotel set-up a hilltop seafood picnic for lunch so we could watch the Total Solar Eclipse (80% here). After lunch, we visited the Rano Raraku quarry, where almost all the Moai were carved out of the hills. We finally got to meet the Moai up-close! 🗿❤️🗿❤️🗿❤️

I have wanted to see the Moai all my life! 🗿🗿🗿

We enjoyed a walking tour of beautiful Valparaíso, with its wonderful seaside and interesting graffiti. Then we enjoyed a wine tasting at Bodegas RE in Casablanca Valley. 🇨🇱

Our tour of Santiago included the produce and fish markets, the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, and San Cristobal hill. A great start to our adventure! 🇨🇱

Vacation starts now! Off to Chile and Easter Island for a spectacular anniversary trip with my love! ❤️🥂🇨🇱🗿

What a week! Great city, beautiful temples, wonderful food, friendly people, cute pandas, fun shopping … Hong Kong has it all! Now it’s time for the long flight home … and some sleep. 😀🇭🇰🐼🛍

We took the ferry to Macau for a day of sightseeing, shopping, and gambling. We visited several casinos, the most impressive of which was the Grand Lisboa My guide book called it “ridiculous ostentation”, and it wonderfully lived up to its reputation! 😆 We enjoyed an amazing French dinner at Robuchon au Dome. Of course, our long day ended with a long ferry ride back to Hong Kong. 😀

Surely, no one thought I would come to China and not visit the most famous residents?! I spent the morning at Ocean Park with the Pandas! 🐼 What a neat place (with lots of other animals, too). Lunch was at Jumbo Kingdom, a floating restaurant. Not only was the venue spectacular, but the food was delicious.

Well, the rain tried to mess up my day, but I conquered. I took the ferry over to Lantau Island to see the Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha. And, wow, he is big! The bronze statue itself is 112 feet tall (not to mention the 268 stairs to get close to him). Very impressive. The Chinese are also celebrating Buddha’s birthday this week, so their joy added to the experience. 😀