Cook Islands Travel Blogs

Ground hog day.....
Jan 16, 2009 (10 photos)

... home..... ah well.... our budget had already gone out of the window so it was take aways and restaurants all the way!! Cook Islands certainly gave us the tranquility and peace that we so desired...... more so as there is no mobile phone coverage and ...

Rarotonga
May 27, 2006 (15 photos)

Kia Orana everyone... (Written May 29th delayed in sending due to no interner access) We arrived in the Rarotonga (Cook Islands) safe and sound, after a tedious night flight from LA, which included a stop in Tahiti for a few hours. With the time ...

Kia Orana Everyone!!
Sep 14, 2003 (6 photos)

... diary of our last two weeks!! Monday 1st September We got off the plane at 6.30am in Rarotonga the largest of The Cook Islands which were discovered by (amongst others) yes you guessed it Captain Cook! We passed through immigration to collect our bags. ...

Dreamworld
Feb 1, 2007 (11 photos)

... it apparently being stolen from Rarotonga. The legend goes that the mountain of Maru on Rarotonga was the envy of the other islands round about especially flat Aitutaki at the time. The chiefs of Aitutaki decided to steal the mountain by sending a number ...

Having a Gale of a Time on Rarotonga
Oct 16, 2004 (9 photos)

... the weather was ordinary or we may never have left, we just chose the wrong week of the year, still, we did get Cook Islands Drivers Licences, our favourite souvenirs so far. It was clear to see the island's handsome big brother, New Zealand, must have ...

Cook Islands
Aug 27, 2005 (18 photos)

entry to follow, just the pics for the minute

Happy talkin' talkin' happy talk
Jun 9, 2004 (4 photos)

... villages, and listened to speeches given in English for our benefit instead of Maori. We also got to chat with the Cook Islands national coach - a passionate man with the unlikely name of George George - who told us about him playing against England in ...

Roosters Should Wear Muzzles
Jul 3, 2003 (12 photos)

Plenty of people asked me what I thought I would do for a job, etc. when I returned from this trip. Some suggested I should travel the world looking for that perfect thing that Americans would go crazy for and then I could make loads of money. In the ...

Escaping the City Life
Jan 30, 2007 (4 photos)

... is a destination I had chosen before I had even left home known that I would have to go there once I came to the Cook Islands. It's lagoon is the real attraction being described as one of the most beautiful places on earth, even more perfect than the ...

Bananaman
Jan 31, 2007 (8 photos)

... walk towards the south of the island it seemed hard to walk here being given another lift further down the road. Despite the islands diminutive size a lot of people were cursing around on their mopeds at around 20 k/ph acting real cool giving a slight nod ...

Deep Blue Sea
Jan 29, 2007 (6 photos)

... flights. It did mean missing church which I wanted to attend with it being a big draw to hear the angelic singing on the Cook Islanders. As an alternative consolation I did get to see another sunrise having to be up early enough for my 7:30am pick-up. ...

Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Sep 22, 2005 (52 photos)

Kia Orana from Rarotonga, Cook Islands!!! If there is one place on Earth you need to go it is here. We fell in love with the island straight away. The people are so friendly and its natural beauty is breathtaking!! Rarotonga is the main island in the ...

Kia Orana
Jan 28, 2007 (3 photos)

... film The Guardian providing the on board cheese we were soon descending into Rarotonga last night. Weird. A lone guitarist formed the Cook Islands welcome committee in the airport before I bumped into a few others planning to stay at the same place of ...

Just hanging out in the South Pacific...
Dec 3, 2004 (10 photos)

... you updated on that aspect of my life. P.S. Keep those emails coming, it's so wonderful to hear from you!! Anyway....Cook Islands. After action-packed weeks in Ecuador, we were really looking forward to just relaxing in the tropics for a couple of ...

Rarotonga Uncovered
Mar 27, 2009 (100 photos)

... sipping pina coladas in the middle of the pacific? With that in mind we opted for Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands. Continuing as my voyage started, we missed our flight out but were fortunate to jump on a slightly later one. I kept ...

COOK ISLANDS : RAROTONGA
Apr 26, 2006 (14 photos)

... discover that absolutely everything is closed on a Sunday, here in laid back Rarotonga. Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, a group of fairly isolated and sparsely populated islands in the South Pacific, with strong links to New Zealand. Most ...

COOK ISLANDS : AITUTAKI
Apr 30, 2006 (28 photos)

... on their honeymoon. What a fantastic place to spend your honeymoon. Aitutaki, it's lagoon, the coral reef and it's tiny outlying islands are too beautiful for words to describe but we'll try.. : The long coral reef encloses what must be one of the ...

Cooked to Perfection
Oct 22, 2004

... up for dinner next door at the renowned Samade bar. We grabbed the last table going and dined on lukewarm overcooked pasta (a Cook Islands speciality it seems) and a seafood omelette which was fed to three doe-eyed cats. Unlike Rarotonga, Aitutaki has no ...

Cooked to Perfection (Part 2)
Oct 22, 2004

... "Are you a policeman?" I enquired. "Yes, can I see your drivers' licence." He replied. Well obviously I was well chuffed. My Cook Islands Drivers Licence was going to see the light of day and I could flash the laminate, but I'd need to see his ID ...

Paradise?
Jan 30, 2008 (27 photos)

... have the same day twice- although I think I'll time it for my birthday in the future! The first thing you notice about the Cook Islands is how quiet it is. The Islands have a population of 18,000 and spread out over 15 tiny islands spread out over an ...

Chapter 4: I become very lazy.
Oct 15, 2003 (6 photos)

... me. Muri Beach is incredible. The lagoon is seldom more than waist deep, and you can wade out to a few beautiful tropical islands for some private beach time under swaying palms. The only catch is that it's mating season for the triggerfish, so they' ...

Cook Islands
Oct 4, 2003 (5 photos)

... are rare now. Don't buy them !! Ok enough preaching. A few days later we flew to Aitutaki the most photographed of the Cook islands ( it's the island that most of the holiday brochures show, with the huge lagoon ) we landed on the brand new runway to ...

Island Dreams
Nov 24, 2003 (12 photos)

So Rarotonga was nice (not as good as Fiji may be) but very nice all the same. But what about the other Cook Islands. Well there's quite a lot of them and I only had time to visit another two, Aitutaki and Atiu. On the Saturday morning I put my backpack on ...

We're behind you!
May 10, 2005 (4 photos)

... our way to the Cook Islands and so are now 10 hours behind GMT. We're staying on Rarotonga, the largest of the 13 Cook Islands. It is pretty much how you'd imagine a South Pacific island, with lovely beaches and very laid back locals (perhaps fewer hula- ...

Groundhog Day
Jan 28, 2007 (7 photos)

... made the bus routes simpler, all two of them, clockwise or anti-clockwise. Wandering around the Saturday morning market the Cook Islands seemed better off than Fiji with a better overall infrastructure though not sure whether that is to do with more ...

Leaving Paradise
Feb 2, 2007 (5 photos)

Can you overdose on mangoes? Leaving Aitutaki behind this morning the flight back to Rarotonga was full but still getting a window seat to gaze out of at the lagoon below as we took off. Left my bag at the airport once we had touched down to take a ...

Chapter 3: "I was caught in the rain..."
Oct 12, 2003 (4 photos)

Kia Orana! Greetings from Muri Beach on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands! I can't tell you how happy I am to be back to using a standard keyboard again! When I last left off (Thursday), I was wrapping things up on Mo'orea; the ferry ride back to Papeete, ...

Caves and Bush Beer
Nov 26, 2003 (8 photos)

... to be honest and must be around 10 or 12 percent alcohol as it has a serious kick to it! Finally, it wouldn't be a proper Cook Islands visit if it didn't involve an island night! The beach on Atiu On the way to the caves with our guide, Sarah ...

Cyclones, Cyclones and more Cyclones
Mar 17, 2005 (3 photos)

... the plane from Auckland to here it seemed a little odd that we were getting on a Jumbo Jet just for the short trip to the Cook Islands. It was only during the flight that we found out why. The guy sitting next to Liz on the flight explained that that all ...

Rainy Rarotonga
Nov 21, 2003 (12 photos)

... islands then I get back on the same day as I leave for Tahiti. Just before I go, I have to mention the Cook Islands currency. Basically they use New Zealand dollars but they have their own currency which they use alongside it too including a triangular ...