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…