Raus-Guesthouse

19th October 2009 Flying into Rarotonga at 5.30am, we saw a glorious dawn breaking over the horizon as we dipped below the fluffy clounds into Avarua (the main township). The airport hadn’t changed much in the 10 years since I last visited, you still pretty much land outside the terminal building and there was still a man with a guitar singing to welcome you and you still got garlands of flowers on arrival. ...

21st October 2009 We headed off to explore Avarua this morning to buy some postcards and stamps from the tiny post office. After a bit of a wander around town looking at some of the black pearls, we went back to the guesthouse to make some sandwiches with the free bread that we get every morning. The lady that lives here, Moka, works for a bakery so we get loads of fresh bread every morning. She keeps complaining we don’t eat enough of it! ...