After the best nights sleep we headed into town to get an adapter for our american plugs, then we drove around the island looking for black pearls for mum. We literally went into every pearl shop and it was only the last one had what i wanted! We ordered them and the lady told us to pick them up from her store on the market saturday morning, brilliant, job done! We carried on around the island until we got to the raraotnga beach resort, I'd heard this was a good...

Had breakfast on the balcony. weather very hot so we decided to hire a car to tour the island - i dont trust myself on a scooter!!! We ordered an MX5 but as it wasnt ready they gave us a BMW Z3 for the same price! It was very nice, until we got 10 mins down the road when the tire i saw the mechanic blowing up went flat again! Cheeky b*****s! We had to wait 40mins for them to pick us up, thank god i had my mobile with me!!! By that time the MX5 was ready....it w...

We arrived in Raratonga at 6.00am. the airport was so small, just a tiny little buildin and we were greeted by some islanders singing and playing the guitar. We got picked up by Kitty who worked for the Raraotnga backpackers. Our room wasnt ready until 12 which was a little annoying so we had to make do with a few hours by the pool....terrible! lol. Our "room" consisted of a beachside bungalow on stilts 10m away from the sea! it was stunning!!!!! W...