January 20 – 29, 2011 For our 12 day stay on Rarotonga we had found a small self-catering place called Te Moana Muri (if my research on Rarotongan Maori is correct it means “The Ocean, Muri”). They have 3 units which each has 3 bedrooms and can sleep 6 persons. read more…

January 20-29, 2011 We finally got the DVDs we had ordered from France when we were in Tahiti and were anxiously following the tracking information of the two other packages we were waiting for. In the year of our lord 2011, on the 20th day of the first month, when read more…

January 20-29, 2011 For over a week we had some very calm days on Rarotonga. The whole family had a counter reaction to all the great experiences we have had so far. We have met so many nice people and seen so many great sites our brains were saturated with read more…

January 19, 2011 Ah, Rarotonga, the island paradise we had read so much about. We had set aside almost 2 weeks here with the goal of relaxing at the beach, snorkeling and enjoying the favorable climate. Helene was an early bird, and went in to Avarua in the morning to read more…

January 18, 2011 Rise and shine! We had an 8:30 flight to Rarotonga and got up early again. We had been spoiled by the lack of carry-on luggage checking on our previous 4 flights with Air Tahiti, and hadn´t bothered to do the extreme repacking we did the first time read more…

January 17, 2011 We had seen a lot of Hiva Oa and decided to do a slow last day here. Viktor played some saxophone in the morning: There are passion fruit plants all along the staircase here. They fall down when they are ripe, and Tania told us we could read more…

January 16, 2011 Our goal for the day was Hanatekuua, a bay and a beach on the northern side of the island. The only way to get there is by doing a 2-hour hike through beautiful and hilly terrain. We started the day slowly and ate a large and nutritional read more…

15 janvier 2011 Au petit déjeuner, nous avons dégusté des mangues fraiches et cueillies par nous même, ce qui est exotique quand on habite en Norvège… Ensuite nous sommes allés au village pour visiter le centre Paul Gauguin et Jacques Brel, avant sa fermeture à onze heures. Le temps était read more…

January 14, 2011 After a night of blog updating it was time to get up early again. We had an 06:00 flight to Hiva Oa to catch. It was still dark outside when we crossed the street over to the airport at 04:58am For those of you who have placed read more…

January 13, 2011 Last chance to fish in the lagoon. I got up at 5 and biked over to the pier again. I had a great morning experience with the sun rising and a fresh wind blowing. The morning is really the best time of day in this climate.  I read more…