Rarotonga 20141021_131040

Rarotonga

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October 31st 2014
(This blog covers the whole 2 weeks of our stay in Rarotonga, since the Wifi was too expensive to keep uploading data and pictures there) The flight from LA to Rarotonga was about 11 hours overnight. I invested in one of those semicircular neck pillows at LA airport, and using this, the long flight was not too bad at all. Arriving at Rarotonga island was exciting. As we flew in we could ... 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