Gregg shows off lunch on the boat.

The Cook Islands!

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December 20th 2009
Our consolation prize... a week in The Cook Islands and some sun before heading back to "yet another winter". It's taken me 7 months to be able to complete this blog. I want to make the whole Travel Blog into a book so I can't leave out the brilliant week we had in the CI with the Houghtons! ... 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