On the dive boat, looking a bit bedraggled

Diving and Walking

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September 21st 2003
More diving of course. Friday we had a morning off and went for a long walk along the old inner ring road and back along the beach. The afternoons dive was back at Paradise Reef for a navigation dive. That went well, and we even had time after all the compass work and counting kicks to just swim round and look at the reef and fish. That was our last course dive, and we are now advanced open water ... 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