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Chillin’ in the Cooks

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

If you ever want to really mess with someone’s head, ask them to figure out dates when crossing the International Dateline. Somehow, our itinerary has us crossing it three times on our trip. The first time was when we flew into Fiji. We only saw about an hour of September 30th in Honolulu and arrived in Nadi at 7AM on October 1st. However, going to the Cook Islands, we crossed back and managed to see both October 6th and 7th twice! We flew out of Nadi on the afternoon of the 7th and arrived in Rarotonga on the evening of the 6th! Our third and last crossing of the dateline occurs when we lose another day flying to Auckland after leaving the Cook Islands. [read on]

The Place Where People Say Bula!

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Have you ever sat on an airplane and been the only person not watching the in-flight movie? You’re enjoying your book or just gazing out the window when, all of a sudden, the cabin erupts with laughter and you almost jump out of your seat. You look around and smile sheepishly and pretend you got the joke. It’s even worse when you’re the only one watching the movie and you laugh out loud and everyone looks at you like you’re insane. The harder you try to keep it inside, the harder it is not to laugh. It’s like when we were kids and our parents would tell us to stop laughing. My cousin, Kelly, and I used to say we’d been drinking giggle juice and couldn’t stop or our heads would explode. [read on]

From Hana to Honolulu

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
After conquering Haleakala we headed for the famed town of Hana on the infamous Road to Hana. This narrow, curving, breathtaking road is a must-do for all visitors to Maui.
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