Cook Islands Stories


Cookin' up a storm...

We got a stopover in Tahiti for a few hours, they gave us flowers to wear in our hair as we stepped off the plane and we could have stayed there longer! The Cook Island of Raratonga is where we stayed for a week - it's only a 32km trip round the whole island. Everybody knows each other and they're all so friendly and welcoming. It's been a bad year f...


not hungover'd!

So after last night's fun and sleeping in like woah today, someone woke me up with "Hey the bus is downstairs and leaving in 5 min". So I jolted out of bed and threw on some clothes and hopped on the bus. Went to Lenia's for a picnic type thingy with the Russian fencers. It was a pretty day minus the mosquitoe battle royale that took place down at the l...


Paradise on Earth

Hi all, I hope you are all doing well. We are in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It is absolutely amazing. We have stayed in a cool hostel and met the best bunch of people. The island itself it so beautiful. Picture postcard kind of stuff. I had quite a moment yesterday when i was sitting on the beach in Muri Lagoon. I thought to myself this is wha...


cooks part 2

We arrived in Aitutaki late that sunday night and just checked into Paradise Cove, a little place on the beach with rooms in a house, also have bungalows. We just took a room in the house cause it was cheaper. We woke up the next morning and rented some bikes and rode to town to get some groceries, what a mistake, 9:00 in the morning and it was scorc...