A teaser

[urbpan]

I'm back in Boston, where I'm relieved and a little surprised that it's still summer. The last couple days in Santiago made me remember how much better a city can look with leaves on the trees. Santiago was clement, but bleak, as this is winter for them.

I took 364 pictures on the trip, about 200 of which are worth sharing. Today I can get started on the task of resizing and fixing them--and organizing them (I'm a little worried about that part; I'm bad at organizing things, but I feel it's vital just the same, a recipe for hours spent fretting).

So here's a taste of posts to come, I hope you like it:





You can see three reconstructed Ahu sites, with Moai on them, a group of horses that got away from their caballero, and in the background, the village of Hanga Roa.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ooooooooooh. Pretty. Very jealous.

B

[ms-cantrell.livejournal.com]

what an amazing trip that must have been. i'm jealous. i wonder if they limit the number of tourists they have each year? i'll go back and re-read your posts and see if you mention something about that. seems like people would be climbing over each other to visit such an interesting and beautiful place.

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

If you have web server space somewhere, I'd recommend a program called Gallery to help you get everything uploaded, organized, and captioned. It's what I use to post my digital pictures. ( http://gallery.sourceforge.net )

In any case, I look forward to all your pictures.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I don't believe there is a limit to visitation currently (the way there is a limit to visitation to the Galapagos and other ecologically sensitive places) but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a limit set in the future. Each year sees more tourists (the number doubled between the last figure I read and the figure quoted by my guide), and the archaeological community is scrambling to protect the sites.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll check it out! Does it work with Macs?

[queenc2346.livejournal.com]

Oy, and in Santiago... The smog is really bad during the winter.

omg, I miss that place so much :-/. Sigh.

I'll look forward to the photos!

-Carrie.