Strange Places in The Pacific

Easter Island

Among many islands in the Pacific Ocean, there is the mysterious Easter Island. Statues made of volcanic rock "stand guard". These statues are called "moai" and they range in height from 4 to 33 feet. There are nearly 900 of these statues. This island is known as "Rapa Nui" to the Polynesian people.

Howland Island

Just north of the equator, there is a strange island named Howland Island. Once overburdened for its huge piles of guano (bat, seabird, and seal dung), the island holds a different, and quite frankly, less disgusting, history. The legendary pilot Amelia Earhart, was supposed to crash land at this island in her all famous Across-The-Pacific-Ocean airplane run. Instead she landed somewhere nearby, or perhaps at a different deserted island.

Floating Islands on lake titicaca

On the coast of Peru, floats the Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca. The strange thing about these islands, though, is that they are entirely man-made. The people of Peru made them by putting together enormous mats, made by totora reeds. The people living on them, locally called as the Uros, built villages on these mats long ago, to avoid violence with other tribes. Uros used to make their living off of fish, but now tourism has taken over.

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