Today is a repeat of yesterday - in the sense that we got to experience December 3rd twice. That was a pleasant surprise for us because that meant our trip was really 76 days, not 75! We gained a day! We time traveled - leaving Auckland at 9:45
pm on December 3rd and arriving in Cook Islands at 3 am on December 3rd. Bizarre. Almost like Groundhogs Day (the movie). However, this December 3rd was vastly different from yesterday's December 3rd. In the morning, Rachel stopped by to give us a rundown of the villa and activities on Rarotonga. We made plans for tomorrow to do a half day tour of the island and an Island Night feast. Rachel then graciously offered us a ride to the nearby grocery store where we bought food to cook for dinner that night.
Once back at the villa, we decided to do some snorkeling. We had an awesome location. All we had to do was walk down a short pathway and we were right on the beach - less than a minutes walk. We were pretty much alone and had the whole lagoon for ourselves. The whole island is surrounded by a reef, so we were able to see fish immediately once in the water. The water is very warm and pretty clear. I saw some pretty big blue fish, while Theresa missed it and instead did some questionable picture taking.For an early dinner, Theresa cooked up some tasty scallops, green beans, mushrooms and onions. It was nice for once, to have a large kitchen to cook in.
It was only 6:00pm, so we figured that we would
check out the island's downtown area. There are two buses that go around the island, one goes clockwise and the other goes "anti-clockwise". Since it was night, we took the clockwise bus to city centre. We did not know that all the shops close at 4pm. So we ended up just wandering around a deserted town and used an internet cafe for about an hour before catching the bus back. We ended the night with some microwave popcorn and a little Arrested Development in our living room.
For pictures of the day, go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=eric.chang1&target=ALBUM&id=5412354866227678913&authkey=Gv1sRgCOuw8fvIipeuEA&feat=email
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