Hallo,
I know I have you waiting for a long time for the "Cook Island Blog Entry" :-)
I am sorry. But now here we are:
I have visited three different islands of the Cook Islands: Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu. There are several more, but even more difficult to reach and even more remote. So I settled for these three.
Each islands was totally different from the other. One thing they had in common though, was the abundance of churches and mosquitos!
Rarotonga was a "metropolis" compared to Atiu. Moving from Rarotonga to Aitutaki to Atiu brought you in a slower and slower pace every time. When they told me on Rarotonga, that on "Aitutaki" everything is going to be "slow"....I already wondered ..but then on "Aitutaki" they told me that on "Atiu" everything will be "slow"...I could not believe my ears....how should this be possible, as on Aitutaki everything was already incredibly "relaxed and slow"... but it was definitely possible to have everything even slower. :-)
Returning from Atiu to Rarotonga for my flight to US, I was shocked by the number of people and cars! ;) I was really afraid of continuing to US...me being in that state of "relaxation" :-)
All islands had their own charm and were very beautiful, although I liked Atiu the most.. it was the quietest, most rugged and wildest of the islands. We were 3 tourists on the island when I was there and they told me that they never get more than 10 tourists at any point in time at the same time on the island :-)... very cool!
I have uploaded some pictures for you!
I am now in the US and have another 3 weeks to go... but then my trip will come to an end as well :-(
I hope you are well and am sending you my regards!
Renate
I know I have you waiting for a long time for the "Cook Island Blog Entry" :-)
I am sorry. But now here we are:
I have visited three different islands of the Cook Islands: Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu. There are several more, but even more difficult to reach and even more remote. So I settled for these three.
Each islands was totally different from the other. One thing they had in common though, was the abundance of churches and mosquitos!
Rarotonga was a "metropolis" compared to Atiu. Moving from Rarotonga to Aitutaki to Atiu brought you in a slower and slower pace every time. When they told me on Rarotonga, that on "Aitutaki" everything is going to be "slow"....I already wondered ..but then on "Aitutaki" they told me that on "Atiu" everything will be "slow"...I could not believe my ears....how should this be possible, as on Aitutaki everything was already incredibly "relaxed and slow"... but it was definitely possible to have everything even slower. :-)
Returning from Atiu to Rarotonga for my flight to US, I was shocked by the number of people and cars! ;) I was really afraid of continuing to US...me being in that state of "relaxation" :-)
All islands had their own charm and were very beautiful, although I liked Atiu the most.. it was the quietest, most rugged and wildest of the islands. We were 3 tourists on the island when I was there and they told me that they never get more than 10 tourists at any point in time at the same time on the island :-)... very cool!
I have uploaded some pictures for you!
I am now in the US and have another 3 weeks to go... but then my trip will come to an end as well :-(
I hope you are well and am sending you my regards!
Renate
Wie konntest Du diese wundervollen Flecken Erde nur wieder verlassen? :-)
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