Our plane

Rarotonga to Aitutaki

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August 11th 2008
Today was our last day (for now) at the Muri Beach Cottages. We just managed to fit everything into our rucksacks although we knew that our hand luggage was overweight for the Aitutaki flight (as it's only a small plane the hand luggage allowance is tiny). We hoped it would be relaxed and that they wouldn’t care because if they weren‘t we were in trouble. I spent part of the morning walking a ... read more

Oceania » Cook Islands » Aitutaki

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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