On our way again!
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Fri 20 Sep 2013 03:00
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So we have been on our way for one hour now. Still
preotected by the island of Rarotonga. It feels good to be on our way
again.
Sad that it did not work out to stay. But at least
we are open to changes! Now we aim for one of the smallest countries in the
world, just one island in the middle of nowhere...
If you aim for this place be prepared to be charmed
by the people and the "Cook Island style"
Ellinor has been to a yoga class almost every other
day and enjoyed it a lot! At the end Erika went along.
We have been extremely well taken care of and the
only negative experience is the harbour.
Not only is it the worse harbor we ever
experienced, but also one of the most expensive! In my opinion it is almost a
steal o charge. So our advice is, stay away from this place if you hope for a
relaxed stay. The boats bouncing up and down takes away the jouy of being
ashore. The dinghy rides between the boat and the dock are crazy.
The gooood thing about this harbor (you know we
should always practice to see things from the other side), is that it feels good
to leave it. So far I had no complains on board about seasickness or such, and
we have quite a big swell out here on the ocean!
We paid 800 NZ dollars to stay 20 days. And people
are complaining about Galapagos. On top of that we had to pay some turist tax
and customs tax...
So it all came to 1000 NZD wich is about
600Euros!
What else is there to say about our visit? Well the
big part was that Miss My was there, the kids enjoyed each other a lot! There
was alco a challenging playground so close that they could go there by
themeselves. The adults got two "adult nights" meaning we had the kids eating
pancakes on one boat and adults eating something more exotic on the
other.
The only time that felt less enjoyable was when
they left and we still did not get an answer from the secretary of
health.
It was a surprise to get a no, since they expressed
urgent need for doctors in the hospital.but but...
Good Bye Rarotonga, hope to come back some
day!
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