Magic isle mystery tour

More than 700 years after they were made, the mammoth Easter Island statues still perplex the experts.

Sandra Howard

The travel bug lives on. It started over 75 years ago, when I was sailing the seas, aged six. My father, an RAF doctor who knew his tropical medicine, had been posted to Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia. School was only in the mornings, with every afternoon at the swimming pool. I had a pet chameleon. I've never looked back from those exotic days. However much of the world one explores – and, speaking on cruises, Michael [Howard, the former Tory leader] and I have done a fair bit, from Papua New Guinea to the Amazon and Manaus – there was still one remote corner whose mystique and extraordinary features held a unique appeal. It was a hell of a way to travel for a pair of oldies, but if not…

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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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