On Tuesday the 24th of May after school we went to the airport to pick up Grandad Kevin. When we got to the airport my dad had to go to a meeting,
so we waited at for Grandad Kevin's flight with my mum. My mum told us that his flight was had been delayed. Then my dad came, my mum asked us to sit next to each other and got her phone out, my dad had paper in his hands. They told us to read what the paper said, he held up one piece of paper at a time, it said WE on the first page, then we read the next which said ARE, the next said GOING, then TO and finally we read out RAROTONGA!!! I felt really blown away, so shocked and happy, my heart was beating really fast. I couldn't believe it. The last page was a picture of each of us smiling under a coconut tree, with the sun shining - it said YAY!!!! My mum told us it was a 4 hour flight and that's what we were doing at the airport, we weren't picking up Grandad Kevin. We had McDonalds for dinner and then waited to board our flight. We were so excited that we couldn't sleep on the plane.
When we got to Rarotonga a lady was holding a sign with SAFFRON CLARK on it, she put flower necklaces on necks, they smelled nice! She was the lady who owned the holiday home we were staying in. She drove us to the holiday home and when we got there we went straight to bed.
In the morning we went outside and I was so, so excited. There were coconut trees everywhere, it was boiling hot and felt like I was in a boiling jug. All of us were really happy and excited and saying "IT'S SO TROPICAL!! WE'RE IN RAROTONGA!!!!". My brother and I got a coconut from the ground right in our yard and tried to open it by banging it on the side of the tiles. We could hear the beach across the road, it sounded like it was right in our back yard. We got our togs and snorkeling gear and went across the road to snorkel. The water was so clear!!! And warm!!!
We had so much fun in Rarotonga! I really love Rarotonga! We did a lot of stuff. We went on Captain Tama's cruise which is a 4 hour snorkeling and island fun with games, shows, lunch and exploring a different island. We went on a big walk across the island - we started at one side and walked across to the other side. It was amazing, and steep, and fun, and scary - it was so high. At the top there was a needle which was really steep, the only way to climb it was holding on to chains, my dad did it, my mum was going to, but she didn't. We were shouting at her not to do it! We went on scooters, not the ones that you push with your foot on the ground, the ones like a motorbike. It was so windy and everything went in my mouth and nose. I loved it and would open out my arms wide as we flew along the road. We also we on kayaks around the lagoon, the water is so clear, like crystals, like blue crystals. We went to Highland Paradise, that's a island cultural night, we learned a lot about the island and the people of the island. We had lots of dinner and there was so much vegetarian and vegan food! Then they did a big show, with dancing and lots of loud drums, in the middle of it my tummy started to get sore, really sore. My mum took me outside and then the lady who worked there rang a taxi so my mum could take me home. My dad and brother stayed for more fun and dancing. Every morning we woke up and went snorkeling, we snorkeled all day some days. I saw a puffer fish, moray eels, flounders, so many amazing pretty colourful fish, one day a HUGE school of fish came and swam all around us. We fed the fish too, it was so fun and scary at the start, scary to have so many big fish all around us, fighting for food and jumping and flipping out of the water. One day at low tide we swam out to the reef and then walked along to the edge of the reef, we watched the really massive waves crashing at our feet. My mum got us new journals and we did journalling nearly every night about what we did that day.
We had so much fun in Rarotonga! I really love Rarotonga! We did a lot of stuff. We went on Captain Tama's cruise which is a 4 hour snorkeling and island fun with games, shows, lunch and exploring a different island. We went on a big walk across the island - we started at one side and walked across to the other side. It was amazing, and steep, and fun, and scary - it was so high. At the top there was a needle which was really steep, the only way to climb it was holding on to chains, my dad did it, my mum was going to, but she didn't. We were shouting at her not to do it! We went on scooters, not the ones that you push with your foot on the ground, the ones like a motorbike. It was so windy and everything went in my mouth and nose. I loved it and would open out my arms wide as we flew along the road. We also we on kayaks around the lagoon, the water is so clear, like crystals, like blue crystals. We went to Highland Paradise, that's a island cultural night, we learned a lot about the island and the people of the island. We had lots of dinner and there was so much vegetarian and vegan food! Then they did a big show, with dancing and lots of loud drums, in the middle of it my tummy started to get sore, really sore. My mum took me outside and then the lady who worked there rang a taxi so my mum could take me home. My dad and brother stayed for more fun and dancing. Every morning we woke up and went snorkeling, we snorkeled all day some days. I saw a puffer fish, moray eels, flounders, so many amazing pretty colourful fish, one day a HUGE school of fish came and swam all around us. We fed the fish too, it was so fun and scary at the start, scary to have so many big fish all around us, fighting for food and jumping and flipping out of the water. One day at low tide we swam out to the reef and then walked along to the edge of the reef, we watched the really massive waves crashing at our feet. My mum got us new journals and we did journalling nearly every night about what we did that day.
I didn't want to go home. I loved Rarotonga so much. It made me feel so happy that I went there, I feel so lucky. I will definitely go back to Rarotonga one day!
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