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Personal Narrative Essay: My First Trip To The Cook Islands

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I remember my first trip to the Cook Islands. My wife and my two sons, Jack and Luke, decided to go on holidays and we choose to come to the Cook Islands to have a break. My son’s wanted to go to Perth to visit Aunt Maria, but I told them “No. We are going to the Cook Islands“. There a 15 islands in the Cook Islands, 8 on the Southern part, and 7 on the North part of the country.
“Ra-ro-to-nga” is the main island, where the tourist can have access to enter the country, although it was the only island in the country with the international airport. It was also the largest island in the country. I was surprised to see that the Rarotonga had trolleys and the airport looked like ours back home. The boys didn’t really like it at first, but eventually felt better after a few days exploring the island and seeing all the people and the local girls. You know teenagers these days, but careful, this father is very over protective.
We spent about 1 week in Rarotonga and flew to the island of Aitutaki, the second largest island in the Cook Islands about 45-55 minutes flight from Rarotonga. Aitutaki is well known for its beautiful lagoon. We stayed in a beach side bungalows for the rest of stay. We spent nearly the whole 5 days there snorkeling and diving and fishing with some of the locals. My wife loved the island so much …show more content…

Daniels took us to the hotel and offered to take us for a ride to see the island. There were only 5 villages on the island and plenty of beaches. “A-re-o-ra” I think that’s how you say it was the only village I can recall. The other villager’s was too hard to pronounce their names. One thing I can remember on the trip was that Mr. Daniels said, Atiu is over 6 million years old. He said the island was discovered by a mighty warrior who travelled by canoe from another island. The name Enuamanu was the islands historical name which is still used today. It means “Island of the birds” due to the fact the island has a lot of birds and wildlife creatures on

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