Aitutaki Stories


Paw Paw Trees and Sunlit Seas (Part 3)

The first European to set sight on Aitutaki was Captain Bligh, of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' fame. The Bounty and her crew sailed past the islands in the late 18th Century, just two weeks before the mutiny took place. Craning our necks to see the lagoon from the plane window, we saw a string of tiny emerald islands fringed with white sand beaches before ...