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…

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…

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…