Boarding a Dreamliner to fly to a minuscule freckle in the vast Pacific Ocean is odd.   But one fact about Easter Island (a place shrouded in so much mystery) is that it has the longest runway in the world; built by the Americans in case of an emergency landing of the space shuttle.

Known by its inhabitants as Rapa Nui, the island is a five hour flight from Santiago (Chile) and 1,234 miles from the nearest landmass.  It’s as far away as is possible to get from anywhere else on earth.