Kia Orana, as they say in the Cook Islands or should it be Aloha? Sorry about the delay, we have no Internet connection unless we pay an astronomical fee and absolutely no phone signal so we feel about like we have been shipwrecked on a desert island. You may not read this until we have left but we are out and about tomorrow so may reach civilisation. Good news about the test match (if we overheard some kiwis correctly). You won't want to hear about how hot and sunny it is here so I won't tell you anything about that. Our hotel is situated on a lagoon that gets a fresh load of pacific water with every tide. New fish to see every day although the coral can be a bit painful if stepped on accidentally. We'll be back with you in less than a week now. We may even get there before this blog does although I expect it to be sent from LA at the latest. Will write a couple more anyway. See you all next week. Try to warm the country up for us please, we don't want to go down with any colds or flu do we?