tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post4826699342491455790..comments2024-03-29T09:47:24.234+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: DiaryYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19091590717387303002021-11-18T16:36:26.213+00:002021-11-18T16:36:26.213+00:00What an amazing trip. I love it that you had a dra...What an amazing trip. I love it that you had a drag queen waitress! What are the odds?! It's a good thing some poisonous sea snakes didn't rise out of the waves to nibble at your toes on that beach.<br /><br />Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72086206855378241262021-11-18T15:48:34.623+00:002021-11-18T15:48:34.623+00:00I wonder how much tourist traffic is there these d...I wonder how much tourist traffic is there these days? <br /><br />My guess as to your question of how the flora arrived is that it came in the form of seeds inside a constipated bird that made the 2500 mile flight before finding relief.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79880171691030798382021-11-18T15:23:29.223+00:002021-11-18T15:23:29.223+00:00You may be right Jennifer. "Trip of a lifetim...You may be right Jennifer. "Trip of a lifetime". I am so glad that I went and lived to tell the tale.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35764907939593889062021-11-18T15:22:03.783+00:002021-11-18T15:22:03.783+00:00Yes. I did take a few Carol. I might post them som...Yes. I did take a few Carol. I might post them some time. Around 7,500 people live on Easter Island - mostly in the only noteworthy settlement - Hanga Roa. More than half the people are settlers from Chile.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36481190558049807842021-11-18T11:42:57.945+00:002021-11-18T11:42:57.945+00:00So interesting...that was a trip of a lifetime. Th...So interesting...that was a trip of a lifetime. Thank you for sharing it with us. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39878670402354561002021-11-18T09:53:17.303+00:002021-11-18T09:53:17.303+00:00There can't be many people who have visited Ea...There can't be many people who have visited Easter Island, or even thought about doing so. Not your usual holiday destination. <br />The photos of both beaches make me realise how desolate, and remote, the island is. Did you take any photos of whatever passes as "civilisation" - and I use the word in it's loosest sense!Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38078341608175866552021-11-18T09:37:04.379+00:002021-11-18T09:37:04.379+00:00It is not something I often did Nurse Lily.It is not something I often did Nurse Lily.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79484881945187908982021-11-18T09:36:34.022+00:002021-11-18T09:36:34.022+00:00You have to stick out your thumb to tell them you ...You have to stick out your thumb to tell them you are looking for a ride Red.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7809902749018876452021-11-18T09:35:48.081+00:002021-11-18T09:35:48.081+00:00Those Christian colonisers and missionaries have a...Those Christian colonisers and missionaries have a lot to answer for. By the way I had never heard of the Tiwi Islands. Now I see that they sit close to Darwin.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1380890136825484052021-11-18T09:33:19.131+00:002021-11-18T09:33:19.131+00:00When I see small imitation moai heads in garden ce...When I see small imitation moai heads in garden centres I feel uncomfortable.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74623612653070398722021-11-18T09:32:13.947+00:002021-11-18T09:32:13.947+00:00I looked at the water. It was quite shallow as it ...I looked at the water. It was quite shallow as it dipped out to sea and it was a calm day. I didn't swim far out. There was nobody else around.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90030261304113825832021-11-18T09:30:36.743+00:002021-11-18T09:30:36.743+00:00A very different kind of island from Lewis but all...A very different kind of island from Lewis but all islands have a sense of being worlds in themselves.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85191989203898938352021-11-18T09:29:35.950+00:002021-11-18T09:29:35.950+00:00Mind boggling in fact.Mind boggling in fact.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83299891967488515632021-11-18T09:29:07.785+00:002021-11-18T09:29:07.785+00:00This is the thing Thelma. The moai all looked inla...This is the thing Thelma. The moai all looked inland, not out to sea. The only moai that look seawards are those on the slopes of Ranu Rakuru crater. They were waiting to be transported to their permanent sites.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53315088893093191642021-11-18T08:57:17.633+00:002021-11-18T08:57:17.633+00:00I like the idea of muxe and having two souls, some...I like the idea of muxe and having two souls, something we see in our young people and we have to accept. The Moai are facing out to sea, I always love the way we look outward in death, our memorials strategically placed.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71027999857753190062021-11-18T08:55:22.784+00:002021-11-18T08:55:22.784+00:00It is intriguing how species such as birds and pla...It is intriguing how species such as birds and plants find their way to such far flung shores. <br />JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28955574454242436282021-11-18T08:40:09.763+00:002021-11-18T08:40:09.763+00:00I don't think that I was following your blog i...I don't think that I was following your blog in 2009 but I have certainly read your posts from that time before now. Fascinating.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61812360121903985712021-11-18T07:24:19.752+00:002021-11-18T07:24:19.752+00:00Thank you for another great read to accompany my m...Thank you for another great read to accompany my muesli.<br />I don't think I would have dared go in the water where the sign said "no swimming"; there could have been undercurrents or other dangers waiting.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22478204420444211102021-11-18T05:06:16.613+00:002021-11-18T05:06:16.613+00:00How wonderful that you have visited Easter Island....How wonderful that you have visited Easter Island. An unforgettable experience, I imagine.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64683412844989045032021-11-18T03:31:50.588+00:002021-11-18T03:31:50.588+00:00My understanding is that Christian colonisers disr...My understanding is that Christian colonisers disrupted the previous acceptance of LGBTQ identifying people in the Pacific.<br />In Australia's Tiwi islands the name is yimpininni.<br /><br />Easter Island sounds like a real adventurekyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47817257595946078212021-11-18T02:39:52.498+00:002021-11-18T02:39:52.498+00:00These adventures were all new to you so you are im...These adventures were all new to you so you are impressed. You remember them for a long time. Interesting how you get a ride. people just stop and give you a ride. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28065074967374636352021-11-18T02:30:38.256+00:002021-11-18T02:30:38.256+00:00I love that you keep journal notes of your travels...I love that you keep journal notes of your travels and the trip sounds like it was amazing.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25692484486290037072021-11-18T00:27:12.908+00:002021-11-18T00:27:12.908+00:00I believe that sense of a third gender once existe...I believe that sense of a third gender once existed throughout Polynesia but western influence may have diminished acceptance of such people.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38740968124513386832021-11-18T00:25:17.424+00:002021-11-18T00:25:17.424+00:00You kind of pulled me up on that one Ms Moon and I...You kind of pulled me up on that one Ms Moon and I thank you for it. In Polynesia, there has historically been a more fluid attitude to gender than in The West as Andrew's comment below reminds me.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44206247069199896282021-11-17T22:56:42.166+00:002021-11-17T22:56:42.166+00:00Trip Advisor was around in 2009. Interesting. Ovah...Trip Advisor was around in 2009. Interesting. Ovahe looks so nice and private. So fa'afafine are not just found in Samoa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com