Dave & Margs' Travels

Rarotonga (Cook's largest island) was our first port of call in Cook. We arrived late friday having crossed the date line from Saturday and then the following morning took the bus into town. We wandered round the market, the town and visited a few sites mentioned in the walking tour of the Lonely Planet. The bus service finishes at 2pm on Saturday but is very unreliable so we ended up cadging a lift from a kind lady to get back.

We walked along to a marine reserve to snorkel and the first fish we saw was the type that chased us in Fiji - a Picasso Triggerfish. AAAH! We snorkelled dodging it path. We saw sunset and hunderds of crabs wander the beach shortly after.

Sunday we went on an island tour in a 4x4 and had a traditional meal cooked underground afterwards. It was nice seeing round the island despite the rain - but then again it was the rainy season.