Rarotonga

Yeah, we made it! After a very long day travelling, our day was over 30 hours long as we travelled through various time zones, we finally arrived in Rarotonga.

The view of Rarotonga from the plane.

What a difference here to our life over the last couple of months. Once you come of the plane the tropical heat hits you as much as the sweet sent of flowers in the air.
Ben was very happy that he was able to walk down the stairs off the plane, as he had seen this done in a few books, but we have always exited bigger planes over a flight bridge.

Ben coming down the stairs from the plane.

I don’t know any other airport in the world where a ukelele player welcomes visitors upon arrival. The chap who does this has been doing it for 36 years I found out today. Amazing job stickability!

Jake the ukelele player. He does every international arrival!

It was just lovely to see Andrew and Malcolm at the airport. We were welcomed in true Cook Island style with a flower ‘ei’. They use sweet smelling flowers as well as basil in these ‘eis’ and they smell fantastic.

First hugs.

Aahh, finally together again.

All of us together at the air port.

The house that my father has organised for us is in a great location and very spacious. Bonnie you might be pleased to hear that Malcolm has organised a cleaner for Friday, just before you guys come, so it will be nice and tidy again.
Look at our view…

The view from our house, right down to the beach.

The children played for two hours in the pool after our arrival while I sorted our bags out and now we are about to stock up on food as the shops will be closed over the next couple of days.
To those of you who are already in the New Year, we hope you have had a good party or alternatively a nice and quiet night. To those of you who have to still make it into 2013 we wish you a great time!
With much love and thanks from
TTNBA
xxx