Step 1: Relax

We are back travelling again. This time we are doing something a bit different and going on a tropical holiday to the Cook Islands. Usually we are in some big city or somewhere that involves moving around looking at amazing things not this time! We have a week of relaxation on a beautiful tropical island.

The plane was a Jetstar A321 Neo and it was pretty full, we were lucky enough to be in row 3 so right up the front. The flight left Sydney at 10pm Sunday night and 6 hours later we arrived in Rarotonga … at 7am on Sunday morning. Don’t try and work that out.

We were through the usual airport routine and into the transfer bus that took us to the Crown Beach Resort. Pretty flash. We have our own little walled-in compound with our own swimming pool. You can walk through the resort and onto the beach.

The beach is a little rough to walk on as it has big chunks of coral in it but quite swim-able. The surf was breaking on the outer reef.

It was a quiet day spent dozing and reading before the highlight of a Sunday - happy hour!Read more