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Travel Thursday

Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Photo by Ian Sewell via Famous Wonders.

The easternmost Polynesian island off the coast of Chile, is the island of Rapa Nui, Polynesian for "Easter Island". Originally discovered in 1722 on Easter Sunday by Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen who named the island, Paashc-Eyland, (18th century Dutch for "Easter Island"). At the time of his discovery, there was an estimated 2,000 people who inhabited the island. In 1862, most of the people were abducting by Peruvian slaveraiders.

Easter Island is famous for its 887 monumental statues called moai.

A drug called rapamycin was first discovered in the soil of Easter Island and has proven to extend the longevity in mice.

I wonder if the statues stood to protect the soil after all these years knowing it contained the immunosuppressant drug. Could it be the islands way of giving back life after the Rapa Nui people were taken away from their home against their will. Maybe the natives knew their fate ahead of time and erected the moai to ward off enemies. The irony of Easter, death, and resurrection makes you think of the similarities between Christ and the Island.

(Facts from Wikipedia.)

Happy Traveling!

Good Eats Wednesday

Easter Coconut Cake

We Take The Cake bakery was featured on a CNBC special

about The Oprah Effect awhile back.

When Oprah originally featured this company on her show,

the next day the small mail-order operation was a booming success!

(Oprah's favorite - the Key Lime Bundt Cake.)

Luckily this bakery is less than a mile from me,

and I'm thinking about trying one for Easter!

Yum!

Otherwise this recipe by Paula Dean

looks just as fantastic!

 

Bon appetit!

Good Eats Wednesday

The Great Cadbury Egg Hunt

Image found HERE.

I've been told "you either love 'em or hate 'em."

I happen to love 'em.

No, not just love 'em.

They are my favorite candy. 

I anticipate their arrival each year.

So when the Easter candy was placed on the shelves at retailers a few weeks ago, I was so excited.

I searched high and low on the shelves, but no cream eggs.

Only carmel.

Yes, I know carmel is tasty... but I want my cream!!!

Has anyone seen them yet this year?!

Image found HERE.

So if you see this van, please ask the driver "where are they?"

However,

if you see me behind the wheel...

 look the other way... I found him first!

Happy Egg Hunting!!