Eddie and Carrie, Muri beach, Rarotonga

Eddie and Carrie, Muri beach, Rarotonga
Originally uploaded by Carrie & Eddie.

Next stop - Rarotonga. We were staying right on this lagoon. It was hot, exotic, tropical - gorgeous. Having said that, our pale skins only allowed us to be in the sun before about 10am and again after 5pm but for normal-skinned people, Rarotonga would be an absolute tropical paradise! This part of the lagoon is by far the most beautiful, with little islets dotted around which you can walk or kayak to across the lagoon. It rained solidly for the first day, so on the second day we decided to get outdoors and hire bikes and cycle the 32km around the island - bad move with my level of fitness and the excessive heat! So after that we just did nothing but read and sleep to get over the jet lag. We were there for four days, by which time we were pretty eager to leave and get going with our travels, as there's nothing at all to do on the island.