The view from the Needle

Funny Money

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August 9th 2008
So we got here Monday morning after a 10 hour red eye flight from LA. We're staying at the International Backpackers and the bunch there are more friendly than in America. We thought we'd walk into town to get our bearings only to find, 2.5 hours later, that it was a bank holiday and everywhere was closed! The Cook Island is a small, sleepy tropical Island in the South Pacific. The Islanders a ... 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