What’s in store in Rarotonga

“Smaller the port, the better the visit”.

8 am-4:30 pm….emergency number is 999, 76 % humidity, 25C

13,007 population in the Cook Islands with most living here.

Bug spray (never saw a one)…wifi is not common.  A lot of businesses are not open on Sundays…..we will be there on Sunday.

Single bus journey round island is 5NZ or all day 10 NZ….only clockwise  on Sundays 10am-12pm and 2-4pm…50 minutes.  (They actually had 3 buses running because our ship was in.  One bus driver was called out from church….not sure of the other one that was not scheduled).

CookIslands.com to find out about the bus, CIT taxis are legit but negotiate price before getting in.

Beaches:-Black rock…for rock scrambling, Nikao beach…anticlockwise closest white sand….Nikurora beach, Tikioki beach, Muri beach….tourist beach….with restaurant, turquoise building, Maire Nui beach, Tiara (sp)museum… open Sunday, Paraotane Palace…. Was run by tribal chiefs.

Independent traders “may” be open for trinkets, etc.

From the ship, the island looks ruggedly beautiful.  We were not really sure if the tenders would be venturing with passengers cuz it was a little choppy on the seas.

This island as was the other, was clean with recycle bins available.  

Someone saw a turtle while snorkelling, others saw very large fish in the lagoon at Mure Beach where again we went to a Pacific Resort, and someone mentioned being accosted by the same type of fish that was attacking us yesterday.