Sorry it's been a while, have been on the move constantly for the past few days.

So, Cook Islands. The weather didn't hold up for us the 3 days that we were there, which was a bit disappointing.

We arrived there at 6:00am and went straight to sleep. Waking up to the sound of chickens cock-a-doodling was a bit annoying! First thing we did was take a wonder round the hostel, which was steps away from the beachfront. After much snoozing in the hostel's hammock, we decided to take the bus to 'town' (consisting of limited bars and restaurants) and it certainly wasn't paradise!

To perk ourselves up a bit we went to an 'Island Night'. The larger resorts in Rarotonga hold them twice weekly to encourage tourists to learn more about the local culture of Cook Islanders, and it certainly did that. There was drink, food, music, dancing etc.. a good night out :)

After a bit of a lie in the next day, I thought it would be fun to hire a scooter for the day and drive to Muri Beach. It was a 20min bumpy ride with no helmets involved, but boy was it worth it - the aqua-marine lagoons, white sandy beach, need I go on? This was our last night in the Cook Islands, which, to be honest we weren't so sad about. It's a place to go where you can afford the luxuries, but they are few and far between I found. Backpacking there isn't ideal, maybe because of the season, or maybe because there is just not much to do there.

After hours of waiting for our flight and more hours spent in Auckland airport for the connecting flight, we are now in Fiji. And already we both love it! We've met some fun people, got a great resort (which is a 32-bed dormitory but otherwise a 4* resort - strange, I know) and the general vibe is looking good.

Tomorrow we go on a 4 day trip on the FeeJee Experience. We've already heard some great things about it from people who have done it so we are both looking forward to it a lot. Watch this space!

(Still can't upload photos, but will try again in the next place we stay)