After our week in Raratonga, we flew to a second island, Aitutaki.
Our hotel in Aitutaki is just so beautiful, and we have a
beach-front bungalow with a large verandah where we can look out over the
lagoon surrounding the island and just relax. There are only 27 bungalows in
the hotel, so it's nice and peaceful.
It's a hardship, having to be in such a beautiful place, but someone has
to do it.
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Our Room |
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Our Balcony/Verandah |
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View of the Lagoon from our Balcony |
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Our little bungalow from the beach |
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Resort pool |
We took a day trip on Aitutaki's famous lagoon. We chose not to go on one of the bigger
boats, even though one former passenger happily informed us that they had
toilets on board, but instead chose a small boat which took only eight
passengers. Our captain, Captain
Fantastic, could not have been better.
One of our passengers was an elderly man who was not very mobile, and
the captain constantly helped him in and out of the boat. We snorkelled in two
places, and visited seven islands. There was some rain, but the afternoon cleared up, and it really doesn't matter if it rains when you a snorkelling. Those who know Andy know that he needs to wear glasses - without them he can't see a thing. But the strange thing was that when snorkelling, even though he had no glasses on, he could see perfectly, and even see down 10 meters or so to the bottom of the lagoon.
We had a really nice lunch on one of the islands we stopped at. A
fantastic day, though I got very sunburnt.
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Andy snorkelling |
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Lunch stop |
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Lunch being prepared |
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Lunch is ready |
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The location for Survivor Cook Islands |
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Andy contemplating the view |
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One Foot Island |
Looks beautiful!
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