Kia Orana! So here we are, our first proper entry in the blog. We arrived in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, after a mammoth 24 hr journey! We transited in L.A. It definitely gets our title as being the worst airport in the world (so far!) Loads of American inefficient efficiency culminating in John's surfboard not arriving with our bags at the end. Collette was rather affronted when the official who looked at her passport sneered " That's you?' cheeky as. As opposed to L.A, Rarotonga is the best airport. One flight a day and a resident Ukulele player to welcome new arrivals. Apparently, he's played every flight in and out of the island for the past 20 years! Rarotonga is the biggest of several island, making up the Cook Islands. It is a tropical paradise with coral
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