OHHHHHH I'm so jealous!!! DH and I spent our 10 day honeymoon there. We stayed at the Pacific Resort.

We hired a scooter for the days we were there. You have to get your licence if you don't already, but even that is fun. You have to go and hire the scooter first, then drive it to the police station to apply for your licence. Then they follow you around the block, make sure you can ride it, and give you your licence. Hilarious. Speed is limited to 40kms per hour and it takes about an hour to ride the entire perimeter of the island. Watch out for the wasps if its the season for them - DH got stung on his lip while we were riding on our first day and it was so funny. His lip swelled like a golf ball and we went to the chemist, they took one look at him and said, "Ah, wasp". Riding is helmet-less too.

There is a prison there that the inmates make island drums and yukelelies (Sp?). So funny, but great present ideas. They have about 20 inmates!!!!!

We snorkelled and went on a glass bottom boat, but that was offered by our resort. I'm sure where you are staying will offer something like that. Where Pacific Resort is, it overlooks three tiny islands that you can swim to through a crystal blue lagoon. Oh heaven.......

For culture things, they have a lot of churches and they like to go. They also do island dancing and cook meals in the ground - ask at your resort if they have a night of this. If not, Pacific Resort do it for anyone who books in. And do me a favour ------ in the main shopping area is a tiny little cafe on the corner of the shops - they do a devillish chocolate creme brulee. Have one for me! DH and I even took on the bugs and rode the scooter in to town at night - twice - just to have this and we've craved it since we came home. We also did an island tour with a tour company which 4wd treks you into the centre of the island where there is a waterfall and a massive rock that plugs the opening to a volcano. The tour guide was great, actually everyone there is just wonderful. If you go to the waterfall, take aeroguard. Mozzie central.

I am so so jealous. The things we did didn't take up as much time as you'd think, and we spent a lot of time swimming and sleeping and having ****tails in our resort restaurant which set tables up on the beach. Sitting back, looking at the water, drinking Rarotongan sunsets, bare feet buried in the sand. OHHHHHHHHHHH.

Actually......can I come?

Corelly x