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Cook Islanders are called Cookies, Mon Sep 4, 2006

So here I am, on the home stretch, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in the South Pacific. It should be a brilliant time, but the weather is terrible. Its been really windy and hasn't gotten warm at all. It's downright cold today. But I'm making the most of it, and went snorkelling yesterday amid heaps of bright blue fish, crazy blue/orange/red/yellow striped fish, a neon blue starfish, and clams with colorful insides that like to snap fingers off.

I haven't had time to write about my last 3 weeks in NZ, so I'll have to skip that for now and get it down later. Basically, we had a blast going up the North Island, walking on dunes, doing donuts in my car on 90 mile beach in the middle of the night, etc etc. It costs $8 an hour for internet, so this will be only one of two postings from here.

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Bula from Fiji -- Part Two -- Scuba!!, Wed Apr 5, 2006

Arrived in Queenstown yesterday and just developed my film 30 minutes ago! Hot off the press, for $10 (ouch)! I don't have nearly enough money for this place. Not just for food, but there are about a hundred different crazy things you can do. Case in point: in 2 hours, I'm going hang gliding!

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Bula from Fiji -- Part One, Tue Apr 4, 2006

I'm now at a hostel in Nadi, racing against the clock to type my entry. I've spent 4 great days in Fiji, but didn't have any access to the internet, so this entry is really about my travels getting here. More tomorrow after I develop my film digitally in NZ.

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