By Michael K. Lavers, Contributing Writer I became a pescetarian nearly a year ago because I wanted to adopt a healthy diet that facilitated my weight loss. Traveling overseas can certainly prove challenging to anyone with dietary restrictions, but Chile’s nearly 4,000 miles of coastline provided...

Before I left for Easter Island, friends who had visited the island before warned me that the Rapanui men were unusually attractive. “Think Polynesian Fabios,” one travel writer told me.And yes, the men, most with long flowing dark hair, tribal tattoos and well-developed arm muscles,...

Today I plan to dive a little more into the mystery of Easter Island, focusing more on the island’s history since “outsiders” arrived. (Read my post on how the moai were built).When the first Europeans arrived on Rapa Nui in  1722 – Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen, who...

A trip to Easter Island is inconceivable without diving into Rapa Nui history. Otherwise, you can’t begin to understand the origins of the stone statues, or moai, that give the island its fame.Before I left on my trip, I picked up “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail”...

“How far is it? And how do you get there?” Those are the questions that everyone asked before my trip to Easter Island. And they are good ones: Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui (pronounced Rappa New-ee) or Isla de Pascua, is the most remote inhabited island in the world. Although...

Yeah, yeah. I know. No one reads the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for travel advice. But in case you want to look beyond Mrs. Andy Roddick (cover model Brooklyn Decker), Bar Refaeli (Leonardo DiCaprio’s squeeze) and others, here are the hotels where the sexy photos were shot, according to...