Rarotonga Backpackers

Kia Orana! Welcome to Rarotonga! The Cook Islands have been on my dream list ever since some backpackers travelling on their GAP year in Tahiti in 2002 told me about the Cooks. Six years later, here I am, finally going. I'll spend my first week hanging out ...

... We arrived at 6am after a 12 hour wait in Tahiti and was taken to the first place we would be staying, Rarotonga Backpackers. This place is well above average for a backpackers place and we stayed in little self-contained bungalow for a ...

... (great if you are not working). Accommodation is expensive in the Cook Islands, so we had booked a couple of nights at the Rarotonga Backpackers on the west coast of the island.  We had our own self-contained hut right on the beach overlooking the ...

... only seen it in the rain!! Arrived Monday am after a 9 hr flight from LA and was picked up and taken to our hostel - Rarotonga Backpackers. Went for a walk on the beach and to the local shop to grab a few bits. J was my complete hero and smashed open ...

... Sams hoping he won't have to get up and dance!) so we're really looking forward to that! Tomorrow is our last night at Rarotonga Backpackers then we are moving to Aremango which other people have said is really nice so we're looking forward to that too! ...

... booked accomodation at Backpackers International and they picked me up in their van to take me to the backpackers.  A bit of information about Rarotonga, it is the biggest island in the Cook Islands with a circumference of 32kilometers, not that ...

... and relaxation if you were wondering Dad!). Our base for the majority of the time in the Cooks would be the island of Rarotonga and the Backpacker International hostel.  The hostel was a funny little place only a short walk away from the best ...

... down on the beach. Needless to say, not much happened over the weekend apart from a lot of sitting around playing cards and backpackers being generally fed up. Finally on Tuesday the sun came out and everyone was back on the beach. There isn't a great ...

... beer in the shops we then went onto a bar called the whateva bar which was pretty good - apparently its the bar where all the backpackers hang out but it wasn't very busy but we all had a good time. The couple that took us down were from Ireland - ...

... Islands Resort. It was a top class resort (with im sure a top class price to stay there) so we were high and mighty backpackers for the night in the exclusive resort. We had a lovely 3 course meal there followed by an hours entertainment of local music ...

... and songs. Dan got felt up by one of the islands transvestite type folk. This went down well with fellow backpackers. Well!!... By the fourth day it hadn't really stopped raining for more than a few hours and Lou was worrying ...

... bed. We're sharing the place with 3 blokes and 2 Swedish girls. It was great getting here because there are loads of other backpackers that have either done a similar route or are doing the same route. We met Gareth & Natasha in the truck on the way ...

... different but its really expensive to get to them ($400 NZD return) which is without any accomodation and there are no backpackers on the other islands just private huts) -the pictures of Atitakui look really good but its just another island with beaches ...

... 've  done f### all! The beach is fantastic and right on our doorstep.. we have a cheap room and the hostel is full of backpackers.. SWEET! Only seems to be two problems at the minute... and wait for it...   1: Jet lag: led to a monster 13 ...

... as scheduled and it was a much better time to take advantage of the free booze. We spent the flight queing with the other backpackers taking as much beer and wine as they'd give us, whilst Dave sat in his seat and just kept pressing the stewardess button ...

... stay 3 nights. In the end we paid him for the shuttle from the airport and scarpered. We stayed at 2 hostels on Rarotonga. The first 'Rarotonga backpackers' was nice. It had a pool and the rooms were ok. It was set back from the beach quite a way ...

... . Eu tenho o que aparecer! E assim foi, o único autocarro de backpackers a apanhar malta do aeroporto, é precisamente o Raratonga Backpackers. E por aqui fico! Ainda pensei em dormir no aeroporto uma vez que são duas da manhã... O ...