Cook Islands March 2007 - Image Heavy - Tiki Travel

B bongofury Grand Member (6 years) Ventura County Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 1565	B bongofury Posted posted on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 9:00 PM Thanks Unga and Pablus. Yes Coco Loco.....67! His name is "Pa". He had been doing the trek for 20 tears (has 10 kids and is on his 3rd wife...if not happy, get another......amen brother). Our trek was # 3,198. He was doing 2 more for a nice round 3200, so you may have to do the trek with his partner. He said that there had been 27 heart attacks on the trek over the years with only one fatality. The person died of a virus after they returned to Europe. The trail was pretty wet from night time storms (was cancelled a couple days before) and I slipped a couple times and had a couple of knots on both shins where they were stopped by logs at the proper height. Pa is "retiring" to work on a cruise ship out of Tahiti. What a way to go. The people of these Islands take pride in their modest homes. Everyones lawn and shrubs were well trimmed. Looked like an army of gardners had just been through there. Tiki Bird. It's not me.....just get one of those cameras. Tiki San & croe67..... I love Kauai and the other Hawaiian Islands, but there is no comparison. The Cook Islands are much more beautiful in my opinion. Our plan was to return to Moorea where we honeymooned 15 years ago. Moorea is still more beautiful than Hawaii, but the Cooks seemed even less developed and the people freindlier. It's not cheap, but you have to put things in perspective. Most tropical resorts have the rooms by: Garden View, Mountain View, Partial Ocean View, Ocean View, Ocean Front, and in Tahiti Overwater Bungalows (I personally do not like how these impinge on water and the views of the natural beauty of the lagoon). The prices for each upgrade can really escalate. On Rarotonga it was $20.00 a day more for the ones on the beach. On Aitutaki the resort did have Oceanfront and Absolute Oceanfront. They all had an ocean view. So comparing how much an oceanfront 1 bedroom in Hawaii or Tahiti it was very comparable. Both included breakfast, Kayaks, and snorkel gear and on Aitutaki bicycles. The flight from LAX to Tahiti was about 8 1/2 hours, 1 1/2 hour layover, 1 3/4 hour flight to Rarotonga, 45 minutes to Aitutaki (survivor was filmed on one of their small islands on the outer reef. Plane was half full so it was easy to stretch out for the red eye flight.

Thanks Unga and Pablus. Yes Coco Loco.....67! His name is "Pa". He had been doing the trek for 20 tears (has 10 kids and is on his 3rd wife...if not happy, get another......amen brother). Our trek was # 3,198. He was doing 2 more for a nice
round 3200, so you may have to do the trek with his partner. He said that there had been 27 heart attacks on the trek over the years with only one fatality. The person died of a virus after they returned to Europe.

The trail was pretty wet from night time storms (was cancelled a couple days before) and I slipped a couple times and had a couple of knots on both shins where they were stopped by logs at the proper height. Pa is "retiring" to work on a cruise ship out of Tahiti. What a way to go.

The people of these Islands take pride in their modest homes. Everyones lawn and shrubs were well trimmed. Looked like an army of gardners had just been through there.

Tiki Bird. It's not me.....just get one of those cameras.

Tiki San & croe67..... I love Kauai and the other Hawaiian Islands, but there is no comparison. The Cook Islands are much more beautiful in my opinion. Our plan was to return to Moorea where we honeymooned 15 years ago. Moorea is still more beautiful than Hawaii, but the Cooks seemed even less developed and the people freindlier. It's not cheap, but you have to put things in perspective. Most tropical resorts have the rooms by: Garden View, Mountain View, Partial Ocean View, Ocean View, Ocean Front, and in Tahiti Overwater Bungalows (I personally do not like how these impinge on water and the views of the natural beauty of the lagoon). The prices for each upgrade can really escalate.

On Rarotonga it was $20.00 a day more for the ones on the beach. On Aitutaki the resort did have Oceanfront and Absolute Oceanfront. They all had an ocean view. So comparing how much an oceanfront 1 bedroom in Hawaii or Tahiti it was very comparable. Both included breakfast, Kayaks, and snorkel gear and on Aitutaki bicycles.

The flight from LAX to Tahiti was about 8 1/2 hours, 1 1/2 hour layover, 1 3/4 hour flight to Rarotonga, 45 minutes to Aitutaki (survivor was filmed on one of their small islands on the outer reef. Plane was half full so it was easy to stretch out for the red eye flight.

Post #300290 by bongofury on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 9:00 PM