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Best spot yet for snorkelling
Early this morning the rest of the party turned up, five more couples and two children. One of our number was a Cook Islander with the obvious local connections. What a lazy day, moving very slowly in the warm air today, our first stop was some coffee and then we filled the bikes with petrol,…
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Punanga Nui Markets
The Punanga Nui market is opposite the liquor bond store and next to the harbour, they have activity with fresh vegetables there almost everyday but the big market day is Saturday. We had seen the market getting underway when we arrived last week and this was our opportunity to check it out, up and out…
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Big Game Fishing
Today was Big Game fishing, Chris and I went out around 12:30 to join another group of likely lads to see if we could catch any large game fish. Our pickup was 12:30 but when he turned up it was about 12:45, you can expect this and he turned up in a green ute with,…
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Bikers and their birds
We started by hiring motor scooters, they were hardly hired more than 30 minutes and we were off for a trip right around the island. Now free to go where we like when we like, what a wonderful easy thing to do. Chris had never ridden before and it had been 40 years since riding…
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Killer Picasso
Killer Picasso or lagoon triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), this lagoon is full of killer triggerfish, well they would be if they were big enough. There I was just minding my own business and snorkeling along, and I have this triggerfish rush my mask, he did it once, then he did it again and then he did…