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Old Jan 10, 2011, 8:23 pm
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iahphx
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Originally Posted by HIDDY
I think your idea of taking your own food is a wee bit naughty though, just to save a few $.
It's best to support the local economy wherever one goes especially on a island where they depend on tourist income even more so than on the mainland.
Well, almost all the stuff you'll buy is coming from Santiago. You can bring it yourself, or have them ship it for you at a 100 to 200% mark-up.

I was a little disappointed that more local produce wasn't available. Bananas were about it. Later in summer, you're also supposed to be able to buy these tiny pineapples and mangoes. Oh, I could also buy a whole watermelon, but I didn't really have the ability to store it.

The biggest surprise is that fish is a bit scarce. I mean, you've got 5000 people living on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific, with nobody else around for 1000 miles. They should be GIVING away the fish, right? But the reality is that fishing is generally poor around Easter Island. So it's expensive, too.
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