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Cook Islands - Rarotonga

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April 10th 2015
Hi everyone, it's very relaxing here as you can imagine, yesterday afternoon we caught the local bus to the night market at Muri. Now there are only two local buses, one is called 'Anti-Clockwise' and the other is called 'Clockwise', well to begin with, we both couldn't get our heads round it, we had the map of the island, turning it this way and that way, the lady who runs the bungalows was watch ... read more

Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga

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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