Sunrise Beach Bungalows Rarotonga

... Lots of little old Americans wandering around looking a bit lost. Took a photo for a couple and forgot to ask if they had been diverted here.<br><br>Had another couple of beers at Trader Jacks and then went down and caught the bus back to Muri. One Amsterdam passenger tried to pay the bus driver with USDs and the driver said to him "I&#8217;m not a bank". Some comment from him along the lines of &#8220;I don&#8217;t want any change, what would I do with your ...

... and some French camembert. Finally milk and cereal. <br><br>When we were buying the cheese and baguette we noticed a sign that said 'no alcohol sales on Sunday&#8216;. Mmmm&#8230; That&#8217;s why we were getting some funny looks walking along with a bag of beer. Not sure why they even sold it to us at the supermarket. Bloody glad they did though. <br><br>Time to hit the lagoon. Slathered on the sunscreen, slipped the Big W reef ...

... island). At times though they can be too laid back, such things as shop opening times etc wouldnt be the most punctual. Another thing that amazed us was the size of them, especially the women. I knew they were big people from their rugby teams- all the pacific islanders have huge rugby teams but the women here are enormous. Not in an unhealthy way but it just seems there way. Its mad to see really-they are bigger then the men on the whole. <br>One other thing was the prices-it ...

... especially Tim, Nathalie and Finn.<br><br>After a week of somewhat solitude I decided to move down the road to the beachside and main backpackers, mainly because I was bored of walking to and fro, especially on unlit roads at 3 am. My new residence was a double room just off the main common area, with a makeshift cupboard, a double bed and the fuse box for the whole hostel and shared bathroom. That evening we had surprisingly good Indian take-away which was ...

... having spent 20 minutes working our way through the list we found we had been to 103 including the ones we are to visit on this cruise. Dinner this evening was once again in the Bistro with a group of 4 other people, before going to the show, which this evening was a compilation of the two lead singers from the Princess shows doing a 30 minute performance followed by the comedian we had seen previously, Dave Burke, who once again had the audience in stitches.

... to say, the morning was a fiasco that involved some tension, some mumbling and stumbling by Gloria, some tears by Gloria, and some incoherent orders given by Gloria. The four of us volunteers got together and created an action plan and ended up completing quite a bit of carpentry work. I spent most of my time at the top of a ladder that was held together by green string...I am not kidding. From on top of my rickety shickety ladder, with my rusty antique hammer, I ...

... in handy if I get caught speeding at home :-) We also went to a couple of dive shops today and asked about trips. The first shop we went into near the Rarotonga Beach Resort is run by a German lady. It's called the "Big Fish" and had a rather cool but angry looking big red fish painted on the wall outside. We took a photo so I'll try and post it when we find an internet shop that allows photo transfer. We had a nice chat with the owner lady and she told ...

... notre hebergement de la semaine). Fred et Kristene sont 2 canadiens de Vancouver qui ont pris un contrat de 2 ans ici comme managers. Ils sont ete tout simplement extra, tellement accueillants! Nous avons loues l'etage du bas d'une hute directement sur la plage. Nous avons une petite cuisine, une douche, les lits et un balcon. C'etait rustique mais ideal ! Fred nous amenait souvent des fruits exotiques a deguster (noix de coco, caramboles (les meilleures au monde, jaune-orange, tres ...

... groups from Papua New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Western Samoa. Very polished performances, crowds of people and a very festive air. In all we found Samoans to be warm and friendly, but both Apia, and Pago Pago to a lesser degree, had a run down air away from the main thoroughfare and rubbish bins were not evident. It all reflects the easy going nature of the people. At both places we were escorted out of the harbour by tug boats and locals in long boats and smaller canoes, with ...