This was the last full day of my whole trip – and it was a fabulous day.

I teamed up with a Londoner; we hired bikes and set off for the climb up Rano Tau (410m), one of three (extinct) volcanos that originally created Easter Island.

Attractions up there are the water-filled crater of the volcano, the Orongo ceremonial village and of course the views of the open sea – including the knowledge, that there is nothing out there in any direction for at least another 2000km.