Monthly Archives: August 2019

Relaxed breakfast, reading then a snorkel in a mildly wavy lagoon. Water was surprisingly clear after yesterday’s high seas. Still pleasantly warm weather even though cloudy. Water is relatively warm also. Packing for me as I fly home at 4 … Continue reading →

Later start today and I biked to the fish shop when it opened at 10 am. Wine, beer and fish purchased – Raro stables! Just before midday Terry, Caroline and I biked anticlockwise to Avarua to meet Merryn Hilary and … Continue reading →

Terry, Caroline and I caught the 8:30 am clockwise bus into Avarua to walk the Cross Island walk. Walk from town was on a busy dusty fumy roads as there was some new water reservoir construction going on. After 50 … Continue reading →

Not much earlier for breakfast. Hilary made up for it this time with a lap around the island. Shame I wasn’t feeling better as I would have joined them. Some time spent moving rooms in the morning. Caroline caught the … Continue reading →

Another lazy start. Lisa cycled around the island before breakfast to make up for our sleep in. We lent Hilary and Lisa our snorkel gear while we borrowed their bikes so all 4 of us could cycle just past Muri … Continue reading →

Definitely on Raro time as slept through to 8:30 am. Painful night as I have a huge haematoma on my right side as a result of a mountain bike ride fall I had the day before I left NZ. It’s … Continue reading →

4:30 am alarm to catch the 6:15 flight to Auckland. I only had a 1 hour 20 connection for the flight to Rarotonga.  Had to wait 15 minutes on the tarmac on arrival in Auckland before we were allowed to … Continue reading →