School children visiting an historic mission in Carlos Paz, Argentina. I was there in 2005.

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I have about four hours till I get taken to the aiport to wait three more hours for my flight to Papeete.
Despite some early problems, I think this week has been a good start to my foreign adventures. I managed to get by in the most isolated place on Earth without knowing the language. [...]

Yesterday (Thursday) I spent the better part of the day out and about taking photos and video of the places I couldn’t get to on Wednesday due to rain. I think you could easily see most of the sites on the island in one day if you got up early, and certainly in two. [...]

Latitude: S 27.14295
Longitude: W 109.42414
The hard part for me on this leg of the trip has been the complete lack of mental stimulation. Very limited access to the internet, nothing whatsoever to read, no ability to talk to anyone in English, no TV, no radio . I have my computer in my room but its [...]

After spending most of yesterday fretting about my money situation, I got that resolved and managed to go see a few of the maoi that were within walking distance.
There is a lot I have to say about this place and I’m going to save most of it for video, but suffice it to [...]

Oh man, today has been a winner.
1) As stated before, the one ATM on the island doesnt take my ATM card.
2) VERY few places here take credit cards.
3) I can´t convert any of my Pacific Francs (XPF) anywhere on the island. Most of my cash was in that form.
You can see, this is leaving me [...]