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Cook Islands Slideshow
Cook Islands
Travel Blogs from Cook Islands
Sonne, Strand und Meer
... die alte Misssonarsschule, die ältestes Kirche, die Ruinen von dem Ort der Unabhängigkeitsdings und so weiter gesehen. Billig sind die Cook Islands nicht unbedingt weswegen man sich im Hostel gerne auch mal was selber kocht, was nach 3 Monaten in ...
Rarotonga
Saturday 19th Another lovely sunny warm calm day - 23+ degrees. We've managed to talk ourselves into daily exercise, that's apart from up and down several flights of stairs several times a day, and did our 7 and a bit laps which equates to about 4 kms ...
Hill walk/trek/hike
... by mafia money that was 95% complete before the contracters went bust, now its like a massive run down ghost town. Supposedly the cook islanders put a lot of money into it aswell, a third of the cook islands debt is meant ot be in the hotel, any ...
Cracking Fish Tank
... saw a really odd looking long thin one. Brilliant fun. Made me wish I had an underwater camera, then I could show you. Hopefully there'll be plenty underwater delights on Aitutaki, the next stop on the luxury (budget minded) tour of the Cook ...
off to Mangaia
Although we had had been booked on air rotatonga flights we had been removed for a reason nobody could explain. Only one seat on the plane but the pilot agreed we could use the air attendent folding seat as there wasn't one. Met by Mayor and local MP. ...
Riding 'round Rarotonga
... on each week. After a feast of local foods and entertainment by a traditional drum band, we were treated to an evening of Cook Islands polynesian dancing. Accompanied by drums, the dancers wiggled their hips and shook their knees at a record pace. It was ...
Specialist Chef Training?
I'm on the Cook Islands! Good eh? For the bargain price of less than a couple of hundred quid I'm on a south pacific island. Not quite sunning myself though, it's raining! Booooooo! I'm over here with Lee who also fancied the idea of a cheapo island ...
Rarotonga
... round the island which took us about 3.5 hours, man our butts were sore after that. That evening we watched the Rugby, Cook Island vs. New Zealand Maori's, which New Zealand Maori's beat them quite easily and it all ended up in a big punch ...
The Cook Islands
... 3 girls just to actually even understand what I wanted and then another hour and $50 later it was finally done! So we arrived in the Cook Islands on time and the lady, rebecca, from the hostel was waiting to pick me and several others up in a tiny van ...
Sunday is for Sinners
... rescue effort...well, Sunday came around. The rescuers stopped being rescuers that day and went to church instead. I swear, it's a true Cook Islands legend about the importance of church to the people. So today I made an exception and went to church. ...
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 ...
Cook Islands Part 1
So we made it to the beautiful Cook Islands... They've been everything we've expected so far- sunshine, beautiful beaches and friendly people wearing flowers. We've had a busy three days!! We got to know the local bus system pretty quickly- which has 2 ...
Last Day in Paradise
Well here we are the last day and wouldn't you know it, the sun is shining bright!! We stuck to our plan though and went into town and mouched around, had coffee and then lunch. When we came back we then did the beach scene - perhaps for the last time ...
cycling, kayaking and poker
Another easy day in paradise. Yesterday caught bus into town for the Saturday morning market tp buy some supplies from there and the supermarket. Then when snorkeling with pockets full of bread, so had fun feeding the fish. In the evening had a game of ...
Muri Beach
... , einem erloschenen, 130 meter hohem Vulkan mit Blick auf die Stadt ging meine Reise auch gleich weiter auf die Cook Islands. Mit Air New Zealand ging es zunaechst auf die Hauptinsel der Cooks. Beim Flug wird die Internationale Datumsgrenze ...
Rain stops play
So, I'm writing this some time after leaving the Cook Islands - but more on that in a subsequent blog. For now, suffice it to say that my time in the Cook Islands was rather wet. They were in the middle of cyclone weather and so it rained pretty much ...
Snorkelling and rain!
Decided to go down the beach this morning, about 25mins away where the snorkelling was meant to be good. We had a lovely beachcombing walk down and Gra went in. He saw some amazing fish just off shore, in fact they were so near to the beach that I also ...
At Sea
Monday 9th February - Day 27 - At Sea On waking this morning the weather and sea conditions had returned to their more tranquil state which we had become accustomed to over the last few weeks. The sun was shining the sky was blue and there was a ...
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 ...
Days 64 to 69: Rarotonga
Short update for Rarotonga... this week was down as a chill out week after basically tearing around non-stop for five weeks across Borneo, Sydney and New Zealand. I know I know we aren't working so what do we need to chill out for? Well given that both ...
Days 70 to 71: Aitutaki
... great fun - literally hooked a piece of rope though the hook on the front of the boat and held on to that. The islands were beautiful - unspoilt and uninhabited they really were how you imagine deserted islands should be with crystal sea water, white sand ...
THE BIG DAY
The Big Day has finally arrived. We got up early and went to the markets, the best men had a hell of a time hiding Matt everytime they saw me walk past. Thankfully he didnt see me so that was good. We had arrange that Donna spend most of the day at the ...
Rain
Rained all day today. Aparently we've got here at the start of the rainy season. Place looks amazing though, great beaches and large tropical hills. Got picked up by the hostel we are staying at, the backpackers international hostel. Pretty good so ...
Arrive in Rarotonga
... , warm water. I stayed in just floating around for about 45 minutes. I was going to swim over to one of the 4 little islands in the lagoon but thought I ought to leave something for the rest of my time here! I got out of the water and ...
It's all starting to blur together
... at the internet center. So I encapsulated some of my thoughts into a section entitled "RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF A COOK ISLANDS VOLUNTEER NAMED Q:" 1) Rescuing baby myna birds who fall from drain spouts 2) Creating logical order ...
I'll be home for Christmas
It's 0815 hours in Rarotonga, and my roommate Stephanie and I are sitting outside at our favorite spot---Cafe Salsa in downtown Avarua, getting some emails done before biking to Te Uki Ou School for the day. Having a cup of coffee, listening to the ...
more Whales
Thursday Looked like a nice day today so we set off early for the beach. When we got there we settled down for some serious sun bathing , and what do you know, bloody whales started leaping out of the water just outside the reef. So we had to do more ...