Category Archives: Cook Islands

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 →

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 →

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 →

… 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 →

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 →