Gina's Akaiami Beach Lodge
Travel Blogs from Aitutaki
Extremely Short, But Sweet
After having spent so much time in Raiatea in French Polynesia waiting for various parts and using it as a base to explore the other beautiful islands surrounding Raiatea, it was finally time to move on.
We had been very fortunate in a way as the immigration laws ...
Südsee Teil II mit Wow-Effekt
... ge ausspricht. Der Sonntag soll als heiliger Tag respektiert werden, was uns eine Kleingruppe von Demonstranten mit ihren selbstgemachten Plakaten am Flughafen wissen liess. Nebst Kirchen sind vorwiegend Hotels, einfache, aber unseres Erachtens keineswegs ärmliche Wohnhäuser der Einheimischen sowie Selbstversorger-Unterkünfte zu sehen. Vom zweithöchsten Punkt (ca. 110 M.ü.M.) der Insel, dem Piraki-Lookout, hatten wir einen tollen Ausblick. Ganz im Süden trafen wir an ...
Deserted islands
The snorkelling has not been as great as some other parts of the world we have been, however, the motus are wonderful...the birds, the plants and just the endless stretches of beaches with no one on them and no development of any kind.
Yesterday we took another of the many lagoon cruises and we had only four people (us and one other couple)...
We were let off the boat at a sand bar, and told to ...
Bush Beer School
... visitors must join in wholeheartedly or stay away!
We often just hear groups of guys sitting in a circle (maybe akin to guys in Canada standing in the driveway on a summer day!)...drinking. Here however, everyone is singing and playing guitars and ukeleles...some great singing too. Just the day before yesterday there was a party a couple of doors down and what fun to listen to these ...
Boom Boom, Big Hill, Big Rain
Boom Boom Baby ! Its raining this morning and Big Al on Aitutaki radio advised us with assured local confidence that it was a good day for a DVD and a sleep.
'Boom Boom Baby' is the catchcry for the local radio station 88FM, and definitely worth a listen. Interspersed with tacky 80’s and 90’s pop and rock – great to revive the youthful bones through middle aged memories – is lots of local music, string ...