Paradise Inn Avarua

... with more of the same plastic chairs. The Motus in the lagoons are deserted but again it is a mouth open vista

Steve has become a pussey magnet ...unfortunately of the feline kind..everywhere we go a cat comes to be fussed...don't tell Chloe , she will be really upset ! Our bungalow has a complimentary cat that sits outside our door evernight ..I expext that is because we give it milk every morning.

Anyway must go now I have a date with the beach !!!!!! see ya .........

... blossoms for the hair. Dancers entertained on a grass lawn in the centre, wearing spectacular head dresses of green woven leaves and vibrant blossoms. We had no camera with us, and not much time- we had to find food! Remembering Tonga, where the market was the only source of fresh produce, we knew that if we didn't pick up anything now, we might be living on tinned tuna for a week!

Eggs, onions, kumera... we soon had the rudimentary ingredients for an ...

... hammock until sunrise and then crawled into bed. 3 hours of sleep later I was once again on the back of Nathalie’s moped and heading to the Saturday market.

Saturday was a non-entity of a day as we had to vacate our rooms/ beds by ten and we weren’t leaving until midnight. So again it was a case of chillaxing and then cooking a huge meal for 10 consisting of pasta and tomato pasta sauce all for 5 New Zealand Dollars each. Then we were on our way to LA.

... to attend a talk hosted by the assistant cruise director entitled 'Travelers Century Club', they have an official list of all the 173 countries in the world. Unfortunately the organization for these get togethers on this ship tends to be lacking, with the result that the person who had originally suggested the topic did not attend the meeting and those that did had little or no knowledge of what it is all about. The cruise ...

... see Gloria sitting on her porch across the way, now sporting a dirty white construction hard-hat. Every once in a while, she came over to our building to give some more orders, but we just didn't seem to hear any of them as they seemed to be spoken in Fijian or Chinese...neither of which we understood. She would stare at us, pause, adjust her hard hat, and then stumble back to her porch and slump down in a plastic chair. It was sad, very sad. But I was glad as hell ...

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 or unpleasant. But none of those words could adequately describe the types of ...

... all about the local marine life and dives. Remembering the wise words of Greg, the "Yoda of diving" I decided check out another shop before I booked. Snorkelling by the Rarotonga Beach Resort. Not the best conditions today we were told by another tourist on the beach. But we jumped in anyway. It was either that or scooter to Fruits of Rarotonga, but we'd been told that the water could be rough there. Once in there was plenty to see, the fish obviously ...

... dortoir de 5 personnes donnait directement sur la terrasse et donnait une superbe vue sur la plage de Muri (la plus belle de l'ile). Nous avons profite du soleil, de la palge, karl a fait un peu de plongee en apnee, on a lu en masse, joue a des jeux de societe (qui nous ont rendu vraiment populaire a l'auberge (tout le monde voulait jouer avec nous) on leur a donc appris a jouer au golf et au yum !!!). Nous sommes sortis une soiree avec des amis de l'auberge. Nous avons donc appris a ...