Rarotonga

After six weeks in a country that is large enough to take up an entire continent it was time to head to yet another little island. This time the destination was Rarotonga in the south pacific. Rarotonga is the capital island of the Cook Islands.

Most of the Cook Islands are small atolls that barely make it above sea level. Rarotonga has mountain peaks that reach more than 600 meters even though the island is only 32 kilometers around. The Cook Islands has a population of 15'000 people and 12'000 out of these live on Rarotonga. An interesting fact is that 58' 000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand.

Our main reason for going to the Cook Island was to get married on a beautiful white sand beach on our own. (the wedding story will follow in separate post)  :)