Muri Beach

Rarotonga

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August 5th 2008
We set off with our beach bag packed towards the main resorts as they are on the best strip of sand and on the way popped into a deli for an expensive, but very tasty, pain au chocolate. We priced up canoe hire at various watersport shops and decided on the cheapest - $15 (£6) for a full day which seemed like a bargain. The shop threw in a pair of fins for free and we set off in our two man cano ... 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