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Author Archives: Wolfgang
Farewell Pacific Islands!
On the 20th of December 2013 at one in the morning Rarotonga and the Cook Islands quickly disappeared behind us in the darkness of the ocean as our plane was taking of into the night. Hard to believe that we’re … Continue reading
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Rarotonga one last time
Even the immigration officer was sorry for us when we told her that we only had 10 hours for our last stopover in the Cook Islands before flying to to New Zealand. Nevertheless we intended to make the most of … Continue reading
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Tahiti Iti – little Tahiti
Back in Tahiti we first had to get used to driving on the right side of the road again to get to our beautiful accommodation on the southern tip of Tahiti Iti (“little Tahiti”) – the small south east corner … Continue reading
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Bora Bora – parlez vous français?
After two beautiful and relaxing weeks in the Cook Islands it was time to say good bye and head to our next island destination Bora Bora. The 2 1/2 hour Air Tahiti flight from Rarotonga first took us to Papeete, … Continue reading
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Rarotonga we’re back
For our second stay in Rarotonga we moved into the backpacker style Aramengo Guesthouse in Muri on the east side of the island. Since the hostel itself was rather basic it was a good thing that bananas and passionfruit were … Continue reading
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Aitutaki island paradise
After three days in Rarotonga it was already time to head to our next island destination and Air Rarotonga brought us safely to beautiful Aitutaki where we would spend the next week in island bliss. . Our resort was located … Continue reading
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Aitutaki lagoon snorkelling
… almost forgot to post about our other big highlight of Aitutaki: Instead of creeping through the lagoon on board of one of the bigger tourist boats we joined another couple from our resort on a private snorkelling trip with … Continue reading
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Kia Orana Rarotonga
Travelling back in time is impossible? So how did we leave Melbourne on Saturday the 30th of November and arrived in Rarotonga on the Cook Islands on Friday the 29th of November then? And does it really matter when you … Continue reading
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Last days in Melbourne
The last couple of days in Melbourne were pretty much all about enjoying our free time, meeting with friends one more time and taking care of last minute preparations. Our lovely neighbours Maria and Kurt offered us their guest bedroom after … Continue reading
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Birds of Dandenong
The weather forecast predicted an uncomfortable rainy 18°C for today, but Melbourne once again lived up to its “four seasons in a day” reputation and we woke up to beautiful sunshine and a bright blue sky. With not much left … Continue reading
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Gone walkabout 