Rarotonga Resorts - Reviews and Rates

JOURNAL ENTRY BY REBECCA "Q": Dear Readers of this Journal: Expect surprises - Debi told us. This was our first message of the day we received at the beginning of our term as "Vaka 106." Expect surprises....... Now my imagination is vivid and so I went off on my first day fully expecting something .. possibly something horrible or uncomfortable ...

Arrived very early to a drissly rarotonga in the dark. Met a canadian and 3 americans going to varas also. Wandered the beach for an hour to get a lay of the land. Met a bunch of kiwis and brits staying at the hostel. Went into town for groceries with a really cool kiwi named Mark. wandered a bit then headed back to the hostel. Went snorkeling a...

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 ...

We are starting to settle into island pace, not too fast. After a leisurely breakfast we are picked up for our Circle Island Tour. Having been around the island ourselves we are pleasantly surprised that it turns out to be an excellent tour. Our guide takes us on the same circular route that we had already traveled but he points out various sigh...

Today is Gra's 60th Birthday - gosh I'm sleeping with an old aged pensioner!! Thanks for all your messages it has been great realising people do think of you at home even though we have been gone so long! Started the day by going to Church - which is always an event out here. Today, just for Gra they had 2 different Sunday Schools doing their bi...

Today, we woke to more cloud and wind though still warm. Gra decided to hire a bike and have some exercise but since I had a very sore throat I decided to go shopping!! Gra cycled all the way round the island by the inner road (there are 2 roads, inner and outer!). This is narrow but most of the islanders houses are there. On the way he saw many...

Our last couple of days here have been really lazy and very enjoyable. The weather has been a cross between really sunny broken up with thunder storms, which has proved more than amusing when caught out on the scooter during one of them. Lee looked like a bucket of water had been thrown over him when we got caught in one half way around the isla...

This morning we checked out the shops in Avarua and baught a few things, then basically lazed around until the evening where we caught the bus (had to give the scooter back today) around to Edgewater Resort. Unfortunately the sunset was covered by a cloudburst that came up in the late afternoon, but it was made up for by the look on Shane's face...