Muri Beach Club Hotel Rarotonga
P.O. Box 3050 Rarotonga, Southern Cook Islands, Cook Islands
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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 of us were recovering from colds the schedule must have been pretty demanding.
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When will this rain stop!?!?!
... required in the Cook Islands?
Yes. In fact I had to go to the police station, fill out a form, take a picture, and pay $20NZ. I think it is all a revenue grab but hey…. I have a Cook Island driver's license.
Though we mainly stayed indoors, we did drive around the island (takes about ...
Paradise & Scooters!
... him and he says ' oh, you should speak to Thomas over there - hes a counsellor at the local school and there could be some opportunities!!!' Anyway I get talking to him, get on so well with him and he asked me to come in for an interview!! There might be a job coming up and I couild go and be a counsellor with him on the cook islands!!! How amazing!!! We are staying in touch and so watch this space!!
All in alll - a brilliant and eventful week. I arrived in ...
Up the Needle, across for dinner, around again..
Bananas, bananas, we like bananas. More bananas please.
It poured down last night, absolutely hammered all night with rain. The roads are soaked and our guidebooks advise that noone goes up the Needle when its wet. So I decide we should go anyway.
J-she is not so convinced. "We'll slip and die", "We'll drown in a raging flooded stream", "We'll fall into a mudhole and get stuck until they find nothing but our skeletons". "Read the ...
Night flights, market daze and island brain
... She turns up all apologetic, refunds our $15 and gives us a lift into town. We ask how far is it town not long after we pull out of the airport…”Well, um, we’re almost there.” No sooner the answer is provided we really are almost in town. Oh, this island is much smaller than even I had anticipated. A couple of quick tourist pointers by our lovely host and she drops us right into the middle of the marketplace. I try to tip her some of my refunded locker ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Muri Beach Club



