30.6.08 Sunday Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Totally forgot to write yesterday. Sorry. I guess I was just tired. So, dad didn’t go to church because mom didn’t wake up. So, I wrote. Then we went down to the beach and walked really really far, all the way out to the second island. Then we walked across to that island and walked around a bit, but it was really dull. So, we started walking over to the small island (through the water).
There was a boy steering a really small boat around. It was all powered by wind and first he nearly ran into us and then when mom started to snorkel toward the island, he ran over her. Just over her legs, so she’s okay. He really reminded me of a younger version of the character the flight attendant inspired.
Then we all started snorkeling. It wasn’t very interesting because it’s all dead coral and algae, so there’s no fish. But, we did some a couple trigger fish and another eel and some box fish. Then we got to the island and tried to persuade dad to tell a story because he use to all the time and they were really good stories, but he didn’t. Then we snorkeled around again. There were a lot of fish. It was kind of cool.
There’s a pig farm next to us (you can hear them every night) and they got out and were wandering around on our porch. My dad thought they were cute. Then my mom wanted to snorkel again so we did. Well, mom and dad did while I read. There were two golden retrievers that followed us from our house to the snorkeling area, where they lost interest in us. Then we went home and my parents spent forever packing while I read. Then we walked all the way to this pasta place, which we ended up not eating at because it was full.
So, we kept walking and ate at the Flame Tree, which was pretty good. Only, we didn’t have dessert because it was late. That was sad, but oh well. Got home and went to bed (without typing…)
