After three days in Rarotonga it was already time to head to our next island destination and Air Rarotonga brought us safely to beautiful Aitutaki where we would spend the next week in island bliss.
who else is thinking of the 'jaws' theme now?
What are you looking at? Keep walking man!
hermit crab – is it safe?
hermit crab – let's go!
… and a scooter trip around the main island. The local street signs were a bit confusing at first (haven't we seen a slightly different Hollywood sign somewhere else?) but with only 2.000 people living on Aitutaki it wasn't that difficult to find our way around 😉 Too bad the weather rock was wet and swinging wildly that night – making our scooter ride home a fierce battle with the elements at 40 km/h.
A surprise highlight on Aitutaki was Sunday church service in Arutanga with the women all dressed up in their beautifully decorated palm leaf hats and everybody singing – kind of like Whoopie Goldberg in 'Sister Act' – loud, enthusiastic and really really good! And after service everybody was invited to a community lunch organised for a high school group visiting from New Zealand. True Polynesian hospitality! Too sad we didn't bring our camera that day.