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Sunday is for Sinners
At home I'm not a big churchgoer. But in the Cook Islands, everyone is at church. All of the businesses close, people stop working in their yards, the dogs lay down for naps, the chickens stop chuckling....everything here stops for church. I heard a story of a fisherman who was lost at sea, and in the midst of the search and rescue effort...well, …
"Work" is a relative term
Debi, our local team leader, would be making fun of me right now....I just woke up from what she calls a "Nana Nap." Yep, it's a local term for the little afternoon snoozes required by the elderly island folk. I don't feel like I'm amongst the elderly, but the school kids I've been working with are running me a little ragged! I've been working at …
It's all starting to blur together
I'm not even sure what the date is. I have no idea if the Dow is up or down. I don't know if George W. is currently hangin' at the White House or kickin' it at his ranch. I haven't heard the latest on global natural distasters, wars, famines, or anything of the sort. I'm totally, completely, blissfully out of touch....except for this blog. And it …
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 roosters crow, watching the scooters stream by loaded up with paddlers from around the world, and …
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Last Day in the Island Paradise
... we have four more hours of this! We were quite a distance out. The skipper, taking pity on us, asked if we want to return to shore. We quickly accepted though at an inconvenience for the other guests.
Not all was lost though; we did see the skipper bring in an Abercrombie (a 28kg tuna). The tuna was caught without a net or fishing rod. It was caught in a traditional way, dropping a fishing line, weighted ...


