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Cook Islands Rarotonga

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March 1st 2007
Cook Islands -Rarotonga The flight from Auckland was 4 hours .I arrived at 22-30 and was met by Bill the proprietor of the hostel. Temp 31C humidity in the 90’s, hit you like a brick wall. Left for hostel about 10klms from airport down the coast and crashed out. Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, there are 15 Islands in all, spread over an area the size of Europe (2 Million sq Kil ... 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