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Aitutaki Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Dreamworld
This is a top pick! ... 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 of warriors ...
Escaping the City Life
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Just hanging out in the South Pacific...
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Cooked to Perfection
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Bananaman
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
COOK ISLANDS : AITUTAKI
This is a top pick! ... other couples, two of which are 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 ...
Cooked to Perfection (Part 2)
This is a top pick! ... "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 ...
Déjà Vu - Well Sort Of!
This is a top pick! ... mirrored ours from our group of about 15. We had been picked up at 7am from various resorts in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for a day tour to Aitutaki and were now hearing this announcement at the airport check-in. Certainly it was overcast here in Rarotonga, ...
Island Dreams
This is a top pick! 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 ...
last day in Paradise
... all cook island tunes, even the captain played the drums while he was steering the boat. So it was a good last day on Aitutaki, back to Rarotonga in the morning. Up early for our flight to Rarotonga, the weather wasn’t great overnight lots of wind ...
Adopted
... planning stage of this trip, back in Iceland, it took me a long time to decide if I would go to Aitutaki or spend all my time on the Cook Islands on the "capital" island Rarotonga, as most people do. Aitutaki is advertised as a really beautiful place - a ...
If there's a heaven
... thing (ok, we don’t have aircon or a tv or even a radio). When we’d originally talked about coming to Aitutaki we’d considered booking an over-water bungalow at the resort. Two nights would have cost us our more than what ...
The Blue Lagoon, but no Brooke or Christopher
... to be Aitutaki’s big export success story. Unfortunately they emptied the lagoon of clams in a couple of years because Aitutaki’s clams grow very slowly and didn’t have time to breed (or whatever they do). So they decided ...
Scooters and formal thongs
... go on the yellow boat on Saturday was because it's the Seventh Day Adventist's sabbath. Then Sunday is the CICC (Cook Islands Christian Church) and Catholic and whoever else's sabbath. So most everything else, except businesses owned by Seventh Day ...
Bidde nich...Aitutaki Lagoon Cruise
Die Touritour geben wir uns natuerlich am letzten Tag auch noch und fahren den ganzen Tag mit einem Boot ueber die Lagune, sehen Schildkroeten und Rochen, koennen beim Schnorcheln die bis zu einem halben meter grossen Riesenmuscheln bestaunen und auf ...
It seemed like a good idea at the time
... stubby coolers could be the next big thing. Plan was to head across the channel outside Samade, then along the sandbank opposite Aitutaki Lagoon Resort and Spa, across the shallowest bit we could spot to the next motu and then up the shoreline. ...
Shake that toosh
... The singing was just terrific, as were the dancers, the guys especially so. They breed 'em good looking and muscley on Aitutaki. Maybe they just exercise more than the Rarotongans. To top it off the wind died down enough for them to ...
Greenpeace meets the Glamour Model
Described by some as the jewel of the Cook Islands, Aitutaki is the second largest island in the group and sits at one end of a stunningly blue lagoon. But, if I can make a rather crass analogy, I found it to be a bit like a glamour model - undeniably ...
Paradise is an unavoidable word
... stopped at the main tourist hot-spots (there wasn't a huge number of them) to take beautiful scenic pictures. The road encircling Aitutaki, hugs the coast most of the way and the natural beauty is amazing. We also went inland up to Mount Maungapu, which ...
It's oh so quiet.
I came up to the postcard beauty of Aitutaki looking for some quiet time to relax and reflect. I should be more careful what I wish for. It didn't help that it rained for the first day and a half, but even after the sun came out I was at a loss for ...
Aitutaki
... Gruenden nicht. So muessen alle Touristen die Roller fahren wollen bei der Polizei in Rarotonga zunaechst einen Cook Islands Fuehrerschein machen. Eigenen Fueherschein vorlegen, 20 Dollar bezaehlen und einen ein Jahr gueltigen Fuehrerschein ...
Aitutaki - Reputedly THE most spectacular lagoon!
A very brief post from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands... Having an amazingly relaxing time on this island paradise called Aitutaki. It has a huge lagoon encircling the island that has got to have the most beautifully coloured crystal-clear waters I ...
Aitutaki
Decided to go to an island called Aitutaki for 5 nights, leaving today. Last night was the island pub crawl where all the island go out until 2am. Got totally hammered and we spent all our money. So got up today with no money at all and the flight was ...
Six days in paradise
... name sounds like paradise, and that's exactly what awaited us when we flew in from Rarotonga. It is another of the southern Cook Islands, a 50 minute flight from Raro. The island is much smaller and quieter but the lagoon is huge, apparently the biggest ...
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Aitutaki, Cook Islands - 11th May 2007 After getting some amazing views of tropical islands and lagoons, our little plane landed on the Aitutaki strip (it would be a bit of an exaggeration to call it an airport). We are met from the plane by ...
Imagine being stranded on a desert island
... the Isle of Man. I got the feeling the place I was heading this time would be a little bit more glamourous. Aitutaki is a bunch of 15 islands surrounding what I'd classify as a stunning lagoon. It's so remote Google Maps doesn't know where it is, but ...
Mopeds, rain, sun and not much else
... and all the fish eat the bread out of your hand. Saw lots of coral and giant clams, was pretty good. Took us to some islands and then had a BBQ lunch on one of the islands. They are filming the BBC Survivor series on one of the islands and you can see ...
Paradise!
... me. I will definitely come in and see you all after christmas. Take care and I miss you lots too :-) Aitutaki- Cook Islands I am now in the Cook Islands for the next two weeks. We are on a small Island called Aitutaki. It is ...