One Country at a Time
Posted in Cook Islands, Photo Friday, South Pacific, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Aug 28th, 2009
After spending a couple days on the Cook Islands’ main isle, Rarotonga, in the spring, we caught an inter-island flight up to Aitutaki, one of the country’s more exclusive components and the most stunning spot I’ve ever visited. Of anywhere. EVER. You gotta love a place where the inside of the airport terminal looks like [...]
Posted in Cook Islands, Photo Friday, South Pacific, The Travel Bug on Apr 17th, 2009
I was baffled by how many different types of fruit grow in the Cook Islands, and shockingly, that does not include oranges as we came to find, and bananas grow upside down. Who knew? But everywhere we looked, there was fruit—quite literally—falling from the trees. A couple times, we were almost taken out entirely by [...]
Posted in Cook Islands, South Pacific, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Apr 8th, 2009
It’s no secret: In my under two years of diving, I’ve become a dive snob. The kind who totally turns up her nose at the mere mention of snorkeling. Why would I want to see a postcard of a place when I can actually go there? That’s the analogy I abide by anyway. When our [...]
Posted in Cook Islands, South Pacific, The Travel Bug, Workin' Hard for the Money on Mar 30th, 2009
It’s no big secret that my abso-freakin-lutely favorite part of my entire two-week trip to the South Pacific was our side jaunt up to Aitutaki. Sadly, we were only there a grand total of two days, but I saw enough to know that I want to go back. Pronto. From there, we took a day [...]
