Blogs from Atiu, Cook Islands, Oceania - page 2

This is my first entry though I have traveled for many months. I sit on the sand as the waves crash at my feet and dream of the somewhat sumptuous scene that I faced the day before. I have been doing odd jobs here. I worked a therapist, a condominium attendant and a thief. The days are starting to blur together now and I figure If I start this blog I will gain some clarity on my life as when I think about back I am not sure what is real and what is made up. I have been drinking a lot and the drugs here are more than helpful at destroying any coherence I may have left. I am hoping for something to give me some substance but I dont know if I can ever ... read more

im in manchester, i have 5 mins to write this so bear with me, i will try to update again later its hard to do updates cause im on family schedule and it never seems to work out, we are every buisy. also some internet cafes charge extra for facebook (total sham), and they all use these shitty interfaces so you cant use msn. SOOO i went up a canal in a little canal boat, lots of fun, nice and relaxing, though they are a little hard to stear and we got stuck behind some people going really slow, stopped at a pub and went back we had to turn the long thin boat around and we had like 8 people trying to give us advice, and its like, god damn i can manouver a boat, ... read more

Right I thought I should write a bit about our experiences in Atiu because it’s such a special little place. Atiu is in the Cook Islands, a short flight from Raratonga and although it’s the third biggest island in the Cooks, it has only about 500 people (and declining) living there in a collection of 4 or 5 villages at it’s centre. We caught the weekly flight from Aitutaki in this tiny airplane which held ten passengers, the pilot doubled up as the air stewardess, and we had a fantastic view of the cockpit. Bouncing our way through the air with the vast Pacific Ocean below us we landed at the airport and were greeted by a large group of smiles. We had nowhere booked to stay because of telephone problems, however after a bit of ... read more