Rarotonga

The night before this we watched Burke’s Law and it was on till very late, and the following morning (29th) I was so tired that I missed breakfast!

We anchored off Rarotonga (Torrid Zone, near Cook Islands) and some hula hula girls (and boys) rowed out and gave us a show on the Games Deck. Mummy thought they were plastic flowers but they were all real, and the scent was overpowering.

In the end they danced with some of the audience – Mandy got picked as well! They were giving their lays away and one man had hundreds but we couldn’t reach him.

At 7.30 I went with the scoutmaster to the pool to learn life saving. I expected – so did Bob – lots of people there, but instead one other person turned up!