Breakfast LV - same same TC 5 slices pawpaw, tiny banana, 5 pieces watermelon, coconut slices Filtered coffee Lunch: no shops open for pies - I seriously did go searching - so forced to go to Samade on the Beach (O'otu) BBQ tuna, chicken. Curried Pawpaw salsa, crunchy salad with green, orange and red capsicum, crispy potato bake. One of our best - and cheapest meals, with a gorgeous view of the lagoon (and the St Kentigern's rugby team cavorting in the water). Tiger beer Dinner: BBQ at Tamanu [View Full Entry]

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Breakfast - same As we had promised the three Canadian sisters, we went to meet them at their resort (Aitutaki Lagoon Resort). Doris hadn't been feeling very well, but we were able to take Rachel and Janine on the back of our bikes for a bit of a tour around the island. They said they had felt like prisoners at their accommodation, with everything costing an exhorbitant amount of money. They also said that the owner had employed Fijian staff at $2 per hour because the locals refused to work there. We had a great time with the sisters - Janine [View Full Entry]

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Breakfast - same as yesterday Lunch provided by "The King "(Teking) as part of our day on the fabulous Aitutaki Lagoon. Salads, fruit, coconut, jellied banana, BBQd tuna, chicken, banana, egg plant, onion - magnifique. The King is a Highlanders fan, so would serve only Tui beer. Dinner at te Vaka: TC - Maitai LV - G and T TC - seafood bouillabaisse with crayfish, crab, fish, squid, scallops and garlic toastLV crayfish with garden salad and island fries - which although promised, wouldn't share nicely! (I had to steal when LV was distracted) Villa Maria Chardonnay 2007 Later in [View Full Entry]

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Last Raina Breakfast (thank goodness) we just ate the oranges and pawpaw plus our own chubby bananas. Now to Aitutaki. Lunch at Tauono’s: Starfruit juice Vegetables (capsicum, spinach, chives, chillis) picked immediately before cooking and Spinach omelette. What a fantastic meal. Every mouthful was delicious Dinner: te Vaka - the restaurant attached to our accommodation LV - Maitai TC - Tamanu Sunset Pacific Bouillabaisse - prawns, crab, squid, fish, poached in a reef fish broth finished with roast tomato and garlic butter with crème fraiche and garlic bread Alan Sco [View Full Entry]

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A Day in the Life of the Most Perfect 10th Anniversary Ever!! We were woken by a wake-up call at 6.00 a.m. to ensure we would be on time for the transfer to the airport for our day in Aitutaki! The weather was absolutely beautiful, especially after it had rained all day the day before, which was when we had originally wanted to go - God was certainly looking after us by making sure the tour was full for that day!!! We went for an early breakfast and then boarded the bus for this special day. At the airport we met [View Full Entry]

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Etter tips fra vaar travel agent Jan Erik, som nok en gang har snekret sammen en kjempe tur, booket vi en dagstur til Aituaki. Dette mente han var ett "must" om man besoeker Cook Islands. Atuaki er en av de sørlige øyene i øygruppen Cookøyene. Aitutaki er 18.05 km² stor, derav hovedoeya dekker 16,8 km². Det er ca 2000 innbyggere. Aitutaki ligger ca 40 minutters flytur fra Raratonga, saa det foerste vi gjorde var aa booke oss en dagstur gjennom ett turistkontor paa Rarotonga. Dagen etter var det tidlig opp aa komme seg til flyplassen der flyet gikk kl. 08.00. Det [View Full Entry]

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I'll let the pictures do the talk... The best: share this special moment with Dax The worse: family and friends couldn't be here En el lugar adecuado, en el momento adecuado Una imagen vale mas que mil palabras... Lo mejor: Compartir este momento especial con Dax Lo peor: Familia y amigos no pudieron compartirlo con nosotros [View Full Entry]

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Kia Orana from Aranau 'Enua O Ru Ki Te Moana, meaning Ru in search of land over the sea but, to make things easier for those of us who don't speak maori, was changed to Aitutaki (a'i tutaki means to keep the fire going), being Ru the 1st settler of the island who, with his 4 wives, his 4 brothers and their wives, arrive here to decide to keep the island for himself and send his brothers away, and it's not surprising that he wanted the island just for him, because Aitutaki doesn't belong to this world: the moment you see [View Full Entry]

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As promised, here are some more pictures from the Cook Islands!!! [View Full Entry]

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Well the Cook Islands were GREAT!!! We had an excellent time, besides our little flight delay problem...but that was easily fixed by beautiful beaches and warm weather. As per the previous blog entry, we were delayed in LA for about 6 hours, and then had to be re-routed to Hawaii to pick up a new captain (not sure how we flew to Hawaii without a captain..hmm...) We arrived on the main island of Rarotonga at about 3pm, where they rushed us through customs and we got on the next flight to Aitutaki. Aitutaki is such a great place. We much prefer [View Full Entry]

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