Day 8 - Losing a Day Midair - 17 & 18 February 2009 February 17th 2009 Tuesday 17th / Wednesday 18th FebruaryAfter arriving at the airport at around midnight we checked in and finally left at 1.30 a.m. (Cook Islands time) after being serenaded by a gentleman playing the ukelele in the airport terminal. We felt very sad to leave and hope we will get back here some time in the future.
We had a great flight to NZ with hardly any turbulence and we all dozed most of ... read more
Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga 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
I'm married to Steve and have one daughter, Sascha, who is 28 and is married to Brad, and Tim, 29, is my stepson and Amy, 26, is my stepdaughter. We live in Brisbane and I am a Court Reporter. I lived in Wellington, New Zealand when I was 17 for 18 months and Canberra for six years, where Sascha was born. We love travelling and have been cruising around the islands of Hawaii and Fanning Island, Kiribati and stayed at Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands twice. Our next trip is self-drive around Italy for two weeks and 15 days cruise the Rhine and the Danube from Budapest to Amsterdam... full info