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Cook Islands Slideshow
Cook Islands
Travel Blogs from Cook Islands
No landings at Cook Islands
Well, we did indeed have a rolly night, but the only unpleasant part was when a drawer came loose and started banging against the cupboard wall. Were able to stop it, though. We woke as we were approaching Rarotonga. There is no barrier reef here; the ...
Just another day in paradise
... . I went to the market, and attended an early evening island night, complete with a feast of local food and equally delicious Cook Island dancers. I scooted around the island twice. All of this, of course, came with a hefty side of ...
somewhere over the ocean
The flight was so dull had seat free next to me so streched out and tried to sleep for most of it. Plane stopped in the Cook Islands for an hour it was 25 degrees at 5am!!!! it look lovely though would love to visit there ...
Cooking up some fun in the Tropics
... delightful choice. The first remarkable thing about coming to the Cook Islands from New Zealand, is the time change. Even though the Cook Islands are an autonomous part of NZ, they are on opposite sides of the International Date Line. While it was just ...
Cook Islands trip hazards 1: Breadfruit...
Trip hazards are a-plenty on Rarotonga, capital of The Cook islands: And Fallen fruit is hard to avoid. Sour sop (like a custard apple, apparently), breadfruit (Cap'n Cook’s man thought it looked like bread) and the foul, ammoniac goat’s ...
Day 95
Today we have been cruising towards the Samoan Islands. Our current passage takes us to an area previously explored by HMS Endeavour in 1769. The sea has been a little choppy so has caused the ship to roll a little. It has been another busy day at sea. We ...
2nd birthday on South Pacific Island.....Rarotonga
... War II, and then the cook islanders extended the runway, into the actual reef due to the countries terrain for tourism. The Cook Islands are an archipelago made of many small coral atolls and quays, as well as the largest of them all Rarotonga. Once ...
Tropical Island Paradise.....
... to introduced ourselves, and the penny dropped, virtually everyone there were on honeymoon!! We had unwittingly booked into the Cook Islands versions of Sandals! With just 2 days to enjoy this beautiful paradise we chose our time carefully. ...
There she blows!!!
... days. Early in the morning we disembarked aboard zodiacs for the idyllic island of Palmerston. Palmerston is a tiny dot in the Cook island chain and is inhabited by 38 people. The pristine white sand is literally swept clean daily by the caring ...
Massage and diving
This morning Anni had a very relaxing massage, then we both went diving in the afternoon. Probably did that the wrong way around really... The reef is wonderful though - a bit eaten by crown-of-thorns but lots of fish and we saw white-tip reef sharks ...
Rarotonga (Cook-Islands)
... Tauchgang sogar einen Hai!. Nachtrag vom 24.Aug.06: Nach unserem Outer-Island-Trip verbrachten wir unseren letzten Cook-Island Tag nochmals auf Rarotonga an der Westkueste. Wir machten Strandspaziergaenge, lasen auf unserem Balkon mit super Aussicht ...
Big Fish, Bad Fish, BBQ Fish.
More fishing. Yay. Out with the Seafari guys this time. A smaller, very basic boat but the fish can't tell the difference. We trawl around aimlessly again chasing flocks of birds and we spy Mahi Mahi in the water as we did yesterday but they just ...
Cross-island walk
... spectacular views were worth it. The walk took almost all day, so by the time we got back to the resort it was time for an early dinner and off to bed so we could get up early to get the 2am flight back to Auckland. Our Cook Is experience was at an ...
Tropical mix - white sand, lagoons & coconuts
... suitcases whilst on the moving conveyor belt - hilarious! Anyway, here we were in Rarotonga, capital island of the Cook Islands. A lush island of palm trees, frangipani, bougainvillea etc. Our hotel was on the South side with easy snorkelling in ...
Kia Orana from Aitutaki
... chairs on board. No island holiday would be complete without a chance to dance.... Safety has been a hot topic in the Cook Islands, we learned. Whether or not to wear a helmet and seatbelts is the subject of submissions to Parliament. ...
Cruising the Lagoon
... house further around the island. Our guide’s wife and son have come on ahead with our lunch and the three of them cook and prepare it for us. It is a feast with BBQ’d fish, sausages, salads and fried taro slices. ...
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
... en bar som heter Banana Court, en visstnok veldig kjent bar fra gamle dager. Ellers drar vi videre til en annen oy som tilhorer Cook Islands i morgen, Aitutaki heter den. Der er det visstnok en veldig fin lagune, og vi haaper paa litt bedre vaer der! ...
Seven days in Rarotonga December 5th - 13, 2006
... is a first in this thus far three and a half month journey. I think there were only 3 or 4 couchsurfers registered in the Cook Islands. A couple had already responded saying they could not host and I had not heard from the other two. So, clearing ...
A small corner of paradise
... tropical paradise. I had wondered how much I would really like Raro, especially after sailing roung Kadavu. I'd had deserted islands and perfect beaches to myself- how would I adapt to being back in an area where there was actually a tourist ...
Welcome to paradise!
You know those postcards with the perfect white sand beaches? The palm trees, weighted down with coconuts, bending over the blue-green lagoons? That's not Photoshop, that's Aitutaki. Fo' realz, yo. Four days in paradise is the only way ...
Tauchgang
... haben, fahren wir nochmals nach Avarua. Bei der Bank können wir dann am Schalter bei einer sehr freundlichen Bankangestellten Cook-Island-Dollar ertauschen. Sie sucht sogar für uns noch die am schönsten aussehenden aus und das am Expressschalter (so ...