Tour du Monde

AC: The pictures will not be able to show just how beautiful and stunning the Cook Islands really are. Hopefully they'll give you at least an idea! The weather was great, the people as friendly as they said they would be, and the beaches just sublime. We arrived ready to relax, and that we did! We hired scooters to jet around the island of Rarotonga where we landed first. Stayed right on the beach and woke up to the sunshine each day! Enjoyed meeting the locals, (check out the cute kids in the photos), the island night cultural dancing, and the nice cold beers! We also flew to the island of Aitutaki (huts on the beach) for a few days, and it was definitely worth it! Even more relaxing and remote! We took a cruise in the huge lagoon to enjoy the fantastic, almost like a 'swimming pool in the ocean' clear waters and to swim and snorkel with a huge array of tropical fish! A very very relaxing place...!
VG: Les iles Cook, le paradis sur terre, ou presque... C'est comme sur les cartes postales! On a passe 4 jours a Rarotonga dont nous avons fait le tour en scooter ! Sable blanc (avec plein de petits bernard l'hermite), cocotiers, poissons de toutes les couleurs, eau tranparente et bungalow sur la playa!... Les habitants de l'ile sont tres sympas et tres relax(!). Ensuite nous avons pris un petit avion pour aller a Aitutaki - encore mieux !!!! On a fait une ballade en bateau dans le lagon et de la plongee avec masque et tuba pour voir plein de poissons ! Je recommande ce petit coin de paradis a tous ceux qui peuvent y aller, c'est pas encore trop touristique (mais attention, les americains ont tourne "Survivor" sur une petite ile la bas, et la version anglaise est en cours...snif).

:: View the photos from Rarotonga here
:: View the photos from Aitutaki here