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Raratonga, Cook Islands
Raratonga: drinking, bottom wriggling, mopeds, rain, more rain, tropical, s*** head and chess.
I was over the moon to find that we had hot water when we arrived in Vara's beach house, I couldn't stand another 12 days of freezing showers!
To my dismay though, the weather took a turn for the worst for the first 5 days after arriving to Raratonga, and as the water was heated by solar panels disaster struck. To pass the time on our rainy days we learnt to...