Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Up at 4:30am, caught up on posts, went to cycling class, and Shabbat prep for tomorrow, and was ready for our private full day bike ride around Rarotonga. We arrived around 7am and we were all ready, eaten, dressed, and packed to leave at 8am when I looked out the window and saw the tender boat from the ship leave and 2 minutes later they turned around when the 45 mph winds and very large swells and pouring rain made it obvious that we were not landing in Rarotonga.

Captain announced that we would be going directly to Pago Pago 694 nautical miles away (we have already gone 612 miles from Raietea) by heading 302 degrees NW at 17 knots. The SE wind finally calmed down to 20 knots with 8’ swells and about 79 degree temperatures.

Rarotonga is the largest and capital of the self-governing Cook Islands, located in the South Pacific. I won’t describe all the beauty this tropical paradise has to offer, since it will just be painful, knowing he had a great bike tour CANCELLED. Of course after we leave and are about an hour away, the weather clears up but the waves are probably still too high to consider.Okumaya devam et