Kiikii Motel Rarotonga

... own happiness. From across the world, I'm finally getting some perspective. It's not like there's nothing going on here in Rarotonga...there's plenty. It's just a little smaller and a little more manageable. Here are a few of the news headlines from ...

... approached us and gave us a brief talking-to about the history of the church, how the glorious missionaries had come to Rarotonga and saved the heathens who had previously been worshipping their wooden Gods, how girls should not be riding motor scooters ...

... out of a stack of books today in the Te Uki Ou School reading room.... and the funny water pressure in Room #24 at the KiiKii which always ends up spraying my shirt.  No dear reader, the true surprises are these: -- The day that Doug, Colleen, ...

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 ...

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, ...