Shore day! Saturday dawned a seriously stunning, blue sky marvel. We docked, disembarked and were on a bus to marine Parade in Napier by 8.30am! I was once again blown away by the how streamlined and easy all of these processes are. There were buses …
OK. So I forgot to mention a few things in my prior post here. Like the fact that the second my feet hit the wharf yesterday I turned into the most scatterbrained, airy-fairy chick EVER. My bag with all of my shoes and toiletries never …
Despite feeling a little overwhelmed whilst I was packing Wednesday night due to the sheer number of outfits required – our comprehensive inventory for the media famil includes 3 cocktail parties, 4 pre-dinner drinks, 4 dinners, 1 show, 1 champagne breakfast + more lol, I …
Our last ‘organised’ excursion in Rarotonga was also the one that I had been looking forward to the most. We had the amazingly good fortune of booking our trip during prime whale watching season – I cannot impress upon you how excited I was when …
When I was planning our trip to Rarotonga I couldn’t believe my eyes when I stumbled across this little gem of an adventure on the interwebs! When trying to find suitable excursions the whole family could enjoy, there was always the Nixon factor to consider. …
When we first began planning our trip well over a year ago, there was one thing Dave was desperate to do in Rarotonga – go on a fishing charter, so we made this happen. The one thing I wanted to do was to go to …
I was so excited to make contact with Dave and Natavia from Storytellers Eco Cycle Tours. So much of Rarotonga’s tourism is focused on ocean activities (justifiably so) but there is also a huge cultural story to be told on the land. Dave picked us …
We visited some amazing spots in Rarotonga on our family vacation and I’m going to share my favourite Kid Friendly activities right here. Follow along for the entire series and hopefully you’ll get inspired to start planning your own Cook Islands adventure. As soon as I mentioned that our …
Kia orana! I’m sitting on a plane, heading off to our family holiday in Rarotonga right now, approx 3 hrs into our flight and my second glass of bubbly is finally starting to take the edge off. In typical Jack fashion, I feel like all …
Another update from Dave, love this one! Hello my beautiful wife, Well after I got done talking to you this morning I packed my bag and made a plan. The plan was to go to see Jim Morrison’s grave and then make my way back …