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Cook Islands - South - Rarotonga

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April 8th 2015
Hi blog-followers, sorry for the delay, working out how to get wi-fi !!! Yes we are in the COOK ISLANDS, soooooo lovely, on an island called Rarotonga. We left NZ on Tuesday night, flight took 3 1/2 hours, arrived at 2.0O am to rain, absolutely pouring. The chap who picked us up at the airport said it would be fine and we are in day two and it has been sooooo hot, in its 90's. We have a bungalow j ... 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