Day five and my last one on this beautiful island. After my last entry on Tuesday I spent the afternoon sunbathing and had another quiet night in with the housemates. On Wednesday I trundled into town on the public bus. There are two buses - one that goes clockwise and the other anti-clockwise, and they just go round and round all day. It was a rainy day so I pottered around the shops and stopped in a couple of cafes for a drink and read. By the time I g...

I've made it! Day 2 in Rarotonga and I've miraculously managed to make the 29 hour journey without missing my connection, losing my passport, getting lost or any other disasters i feared might occur. I think poor Tone had grave doubts when I was filling in my visa application at the airport and asked him 'what country do I live in?'! I'm still not sure - England, Great Britain, UK? I ended up putting England, which worked. After a tearful goodbye to Tone...