The Only Way to Travel

One Wedding and An Island

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October 21st 2006
So... we left Perth and travelled to the Cook islands. It was a funny journey because we actually crossed the timeline and went back a day. We left Perth on the 21st, transferred in Auckland on the 22nd and arrived in Raratonga on the 21st - six hours earlier than when we had left Perth! The flights and transfers took about 15 hours but time disagreed. Weird. Anyhoo... not much point talking ... 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