Ahu Te Pito Kura was our next stop on Easter Island. It had it’s statues, but they were all still knocked down. The highlight here was not the statues. According to our native Rapa Nui guide, her forefathers were Polynesian and the world’s greatest navigators (at least a couple of thousand years ago). Many people still wonder just how the early Polynesians managed to navigate the oceans back then.

The highlight at Ahu Te Pito Kura was a large and very round magnetic rock, called Te Pito te Kura. Some people believe that the first King of Easter Island brought this rock with him in his canoe when he came to Easter Island. Some people call this rock the “navel of the world”. Many people call Easter Island the “navel of the world” as well – probably because it is midway between different land portions of the world but out in the middle of nowhere.

The most interesting thing about this round rock is that a compass does not work when it is placed near this rock. We watched our guide with her compass pointing North. She then moved the compass near this rock and it no longer pointed North. In fact, the arm of the compass rotated all around as she moved the compass over the rock.

You can see this rock in the first two photos. Vicky has her hands on it in the first photo – “feeling the energy”. I didn’t feel anything myself. In the second photo, I’m sure you can’t see it, but trust me, the compass was no longer pointing to North.

The third photo is my “complaint photo.” I spent a small fortune for us to go on this trip. It was very expensive. We live on a farm with some 260 horses. And what do you suppose my wife spent most of her time taking photos of on Easter Island? See the next photo.