Beach, Rarotonga, Yesterday

Bounty Life in the Cook Islands

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August 6th 2007
As we boarded our Air New Zealand aeroplane in Los Angeles in preparation for our 10 hour flight to Rarotonga, it dawned on us just how much of an unknown quantity The Cook Islands are. Journeying through America was such a day-at-a-time quick-fire experience and distraction that to think ahead to the 'second leg' of the trip just didnt happen. So there we were, thrusting down the runway at L ... 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