Rarotonga

The Cook Islands...

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June 2nd 2007
.... AKA the holiday at the end of the holiday part 2. We arrived in Rarotonga late on friday afternoon, having left saturday lunchtime, and spent our bonus afternoon/evening enjoying a drink by the waterside in Avarua town and the first of what became too many Palace Burgers (Nic - if you never had these when you were here you need to go back!). Saturday morning was absolutely scorching h ... read more

Oceania » Cook Islands

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Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The e... ... read more