Cook Islands

Today we went on a tour of the local coffee plantation and factory in Atiu, This was a very interesting trip! The process of making coffee is very slow and the coffee has a lot of hard work and effort put in to it. There are women that handpick the 'st...

 

Updated overview: The world according to Graham and Nick 2006/7

1/12/06 Well three months into the trip and we thought we would give you an update of the grand plan, where we will be when etc as it has changed since we set off. We stayed longer in the states, cut short the stay in Tahiti and have extended our stay...

 

Around the world in 86 days

_Julia_ Tuesday (8th May 2007). Sam & Jenni had arrived, so the dangerous drinking stakes had just got higher for Craigles. We went to meet Ani, the wedding coordinator at Manuia Beach hotel, who I had months emailing and organising with. We fin...

 

Cook Islands 2007

9 nights in paradise, what more could you want?! Travelling to the Cook Islands to celebrate a friend's wedding provided the perfect excuse ... not that I think one is necessary, but it does help! Arriving at 3.40am, the air was warm and the loca...

 

Our Travels

Left Holland today and arrived in San Francisco. Left for Kauai on the 19th. Spent about 5 nights there, had wonderful time on the many beaches including glass and barking sands beaches as well as driving around in our Mustang convertible. Also star ...

 

Wish you were here?

Hi, After we left you on Monday afternoon we took a walk from our hotel down to the Tulum ruins on the beach. We didn't have the place to ourselves like at Chichen Itza unfortunately but most of the tour buses had departed. The ruins are of a Mayan...

 

Cook Islands

We touched down in Raratonga on time at 8.45am, cleared customs (welcomed at arrival by a middle aged man plucking a ukulele singing sea shanties, if it were Manchester it should have been Peter Kaye on a bontempi) and then looked for our transfer lift...

 

The Pacific, NZ and a tiny bit of Oz

Dunedin is a nice but fairly quiet town. We found the world's steepest street - Badwin st and drove to the top and held our breath on the steep descent! Then we drove out to the Otago peninsula and visited Larnach Castle - New Zealand's only castle. ...

 

Under Water Adventures In Fiji

I have now returned from a beach party after a lot of stage dancing, drinking and swimming to a floating raft in my boxers. B swam in her underwear! There are lots of people we get on with here, a good atmosphere and a lovely island, so it is a shame t...

 

Cook Islands 2006

I arrive in the Cook Islands during September 2006. I am flying into the Cook Islands from Tahiti but because my French Polynesi visa was denied (yes apparently I am not a citizen anywhere!!!) I am only having a 2 hour layover in Tahiti, what a great w...

 

The Tropical Cook Islands

Visited Rarotonga's only waterfall. Was pleasant, but not majorly exciting due to no swimming signs and lack of rainfall making it rather small. Have managed to create lots of fun, simply by competing in guessing songs on iPod shuffle mode! I have also...