February 7, 2011 After well over 90 minutes of sleep it was time to cheerfully start a new day. We had an 8:15 flight to catch to Auckland. The Pacific island part of our adventure was over and a new part of the voyage was lying ahead of us. I read more…

February 6, 2011 I had read warnings on the net about the stability, or rather lack of such, of the flight schedule to and from Aitutkil. You could easily get stuck here for several hours. So, going out of here i had booked a relatively early flight and a night read more…

February 5, 2011 The British/American family we met the first day on Aitutaki had spoken very highly about a small boat charter company they had used. It was run by a Kiwi called Mike and his wife Mere. They had one boat and the excursion the family had done with read more…

February 2-3, 2011 And then came the rain. We knew it was rain season, so we couldn’t complain. We were happy we had moved our boat trip, which had been scheduled for February 2. Actually it is also cyclone season, so we were lucky it wasn’t worse. Aitutaki was struck read more…

February 1, 2011 After a calm morning we drove out to talk to a boat charter company. A boat tour of the lagoon was part of our package form the travel agency and given our experiences with Aitutaki we thought it would be prudent to have a talk with them. read more…

January 31, 2011 Our first full day on Aitutaki was spent in the local island pace. We got to know our bungalow and its surroundings, and the kids spent time on the beach. After another night of blogging I slept long and missed the opportunity to say good-bye to our read more…

January 30, 2011 We all got up early to finish packing, and… go to church. Polynesian church services are, it seems, renowned for the beautiful singing. We wanted to go when we were in the Marquesas but didn´t have the energy to get up early enough. It was raining heavy read more…

January 29, 2011 Our last full day on Rarotonga we took a tour of the island by car. There is one main road here, which follows the coastline. There are two bus lines on the island, the clockwise bus line and the anti clockwise bus line In addition to the read more…

22 janvier, 2011 Punanga Nui Market Ce matin, je me suis levée tôt avec Iseline pour aller au marché qui a lieu tous les samedis matins. Nous avions lu dans les guides touristiques que c’est un marché typique, où les locaux vendent leurs produits: fruits et légumes, poisson, vêtements et read more…

January 20-29, 2011 I swam out towards the limit of the reef at Muri beach with Viktor one day, where snorkeling is really good. We made sure not to get too close to the edge, we had learned our wave lesson from Tikehau. The water was shallow in places and read more…