Funky Hut

Kia Orana!

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July 8th 2006
Kia Orana and Bula! Well, as you may know, our Australian experience ended last week. But before heading for home we decided to break up the long journey with a week ijn Fiji and a week in the Cook Islands. Both are island nations in the South Pacific and share a similar indigenous culture - including grass skirts, drumming and loud shirts! We arrived in Fiji in the rain, and it stayed that ... 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