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| This was the view from our room! |
A friendly coconut tree grew right outside
our room. |
Our "private" verandah |
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| Mmmm! Feel that sea breeze! |
Wow! I feel so small suddenly! |
The view to our east. |
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| Jen relaxes in front of the lagoon. |
Matt catches up on some quality reading time. |
Come on in! The water's fine!! |
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| Another great coconut tree! |
This is a piece of "brain coral"
we found on a walk. |
There are hundreds of hermit crabs all scurring
around on the beaches. |
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| 1/2 a clam shell we found. |
Matt poses on a piece of driftwood. You can
see the yellow of the resort restaurant if you look closely. |
Jen poses on the driftwood. |
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| Jen poses with a piece of a metal toy gun that
we found in the water. |
The view looking back towards the resort from
the east. |
Here is the trash we collected during our two
hour "Beach Clean-up" effort. |
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| Matt finds the scooter we rented. |
Bad to the Bone! |
Oh no! Busted!! |
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| Matt ventures back onto the busy roads of Avarua. |
Matt tries to climb "our" coconut
tree. |
Jen relaxes after a busy day. |
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| The umu kai feast (cooked in an underground
oven) was prepared just outside our room. |
Our visitor, Moko. |
All Mokos, The Cook Island gecko, are females
and are born from unferitlised eggs.
-- Interesting Cook Island Fact # 2 |
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| A very wet Matt after our ride home from Windjammer
in the rain! |
Captain Tama's Glass Bottom boat awaits the
eager passengers. |
The island of Koromiri or "No Touching".
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| The view of mainland Rarotonga from Koromiri
-- note the storm heading towards us. |
Other tourists made their way to Koromiri by
sailboat, but you could actually walk across at low tide! |
Our guides prepared a great feast for our lunch
and instsructed us on the serving traditions -- ladies first!! |
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| Our chef Joe shows us how to husk a coconut. |
Joe tells us we'll need a "Samoan Butter
Knife" to get into the coconut. |
Just tap it once... |
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| and you get two perfect halves! |
Matt tries his first taste of real coconut
milk. |
Matt decides to give it a go. |
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| Hey! Joe never said it was this hard!! |
Captain Tama & his crew caught this giant
clam. |
Before... |
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Jen during her spa treatment. |
Matt tries to scare the camera away during
his spa treatment. |
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| Matt in the internet cafe we frequented. |
A parade travels down the main road in Avarua. |
Jen enjoys her lunch at Trader Jacks. |
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| Matt salutes Pina Coladas everywhere after
searching for one all week. |
Our jeep brings new adventures... |
The "One Way Jesus" Church. We're
still not sure which way they wanted us to go! |
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| A very big storm coming over the mountains
and out to sea. |
"6 Eleven?!" It must be "7 Eleven"
on Cook Island Time!! |
Ronnie's Bar -- A Tribute to Jen's Dad. |
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| A great sight as we were climbing higher and
higher into the mountains. |
The jeep comes to a break in the river -- a
great photo op! |
To the left of the river... |
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This was our trail up the mountain! |
Wigmore's Waterfall and home to about a billion
mosquitos! |
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| Down a ways from the waterfall and a very difficult
shot to get! |
The resort pool. |
The resort restaurant and bar. |
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| Matt finally get a chance to lounge in the
resort hammock. (Note the strong winds blowing!!) |
Jen wishes for sunshine on our last day. |
Jen poses with the banana tree that grew in
front of our room. |
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| A picture of an exhausted Jen ready for bed
after an exciting day and a long evening of packing...and after
her make-up was off too! |
A neat moth we saw sitting on the reception
desk in the wee hours of the morning as we were checking out. |
The moth part II... |
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