Brunch - Back to Saltwater Café Lunch - NZ848 Peppered steak pie and potato salad, chocolate mousse (absolutely delicious!!!!!) Unlike our last visit where we had to wait at the RSA across the road from the airport to catch our middle of the night flight, we were able to leave today at a very sociable hour. Following breakfast at the Saltwater Café, we spent quite some time trying to return our scooters. The details aren't interesting in the least, but it is noteworthy that there was no suggestion of stress or impatience from either of us. While my original intention of [View Full Entry]

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Brunch at Saltwater Café Dinner at Flame Tree Restaurant TC - Salt and Pepper Squid entrée LV - Tempura Sushi Mains TC - Fresh line caught tuna on coconut braised rukau (local spinach dish), topped with gremolata LV - 12 prawns poached in a lemongrass and ginger broth, served on a coconut risotto with chilli mayo Mojitos - with a bit of extra help from us (we had to ask for more lime, more mint... more lime....... we almost got it right. Our last full day, and I'm not entirely sure what we did, but it was VERY relaxing. TC spent [View Full Entry]

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Breakfast - Same same Lunch at Royale Takitumu - toast and jam Dinner - Progressive Dinner to Island homes with 30ish American students studying at Canterbury University. The highlights - Ika mata (raw fish in a coconut sauce (even LV enjoyed it) and the hosts singing,while playing ukelele and tea chest bass. Leaving Aitutaki was pretty tough. Vince's bike had some petrol left (TC's had run out and there was none on the island to buy) so we decided a final ride would be in order. Vince had the bright idea of returning to our Ariki to thank him for the [View Full Entry]

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