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I think I might stay here and never go back to Germany after the mauling the Socceroos got in the World Cup opening game. Either that or go down to the local tribal tattooist in an effort to have some other pain to concentrate on. 4-Nil was pretty undeserving though, I have to say and the send off was just plain stupid.
Here on the island though everything continues at the same slow pace as always. Somehow, not that we are in tune with it, it is nice moving at this speed and not doing very much at all. The highlight are the bonfires we are building at night.
Mid-week, we moved to the other side of the island as the house we were in was no longer available. We stayed in the Rarotonga Backpakers right on the beach and it was nice to have some people around us again. On the Wednesday night we went up into the mountains inland for an “Island Night” which was lots of fun and the banquet was the most food we had seen in weeks. You wouldn’t think it was possible to eat that much Taro, but we all got stuck into it.
Other than that Australia did much better in the World Cup and Queensland spanked NSW to win 5 series in a row. There is no way possible that Australia can get through to the next round of the World Cup, but I would rather have Qld win “The Origin” any day. There was even a great fight in the game which just goes to show why it will always be much more of a spectacle than the soccer ;-))
From here it is off to the US. We plan on going somewhere lese straight away and don’t have any real inclination to visit America, but a trip to Disneyland is definitely on the cards. The kids can hardly wait.
In summing up the Cook Islands…
An amazing place if you want to get away and do nothing, but so expensive just for the basics. I keep comparing to Thailand / Malaysia where you can get much the same, but better and cheaper. I liked my time here, but don’t see any reason to come back, but I’m sure this is the place I will be wishing for when we are back and necks deep again. A lazy 7/10 for the Cookies.
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