We must now leave Rarotonga for a week and spend some time an hour north in Aitutaki! Our transport is a small jet - carrying around 30 passengers - and is quite bumpy, especially when hitting the clouds. An Irish pair who stayed at our backpackers are on the same flight and they really don't travel well so this is there worst nightmare - and they're sat behind us! We touch down safely and find Tom, our host for the next seven days. His hostel is very basic but i...

Kia Orana! Well, to start with it should be 'Kia Ora' again as we touched down in New Zealand for 6 hrs first. Fortunately we complained to Air New Zealand for causing this delay and they granted the 4 of us access to the first class lounge while in Auckland. We had unlimited food & drink of all kinds, internet, t.v., sofas and showers, all free! The 6 hours flew by! We departed NZ at 4:30pm on 20th April. The flight to Rarotonga was fine and we landed around...