A beautiful Cook Islands beach

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

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August 4th 2008
I thought we’d sleep in all morning but actually we were too excited as we wanted to get up and explore. By 8.30am we set off along the beach to check out the resorts, restaurants and watersport centres. Our bit of beach was lovely with good snorkelling, and a couple of minutes walk along Muri Beach was a beautiful wide stretch of sand with a clear blue lagoon. We checked our a few places t ... 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