Paradise

For the last 5 days we have been in Paradise. Otherwise known as the Pacific island of Rarotonga. It’s got everything you would expect of a tropical paradise island; lush sandy beaches, turquoise sea (perfect for snorkeling), palm trees, happy, smiley islanders (wouldn’t you be happy if you lived here?), pina coladas. Everything! We are staying in a lovely ‘hideaway cottage’ otherwise known as the “luv nest’ which is lovely except for all the wildlife – we are being eaten alive by a whole manner of insects in the evenings and very rudely awoken by a mexican chorus of cockerels who can’t tell the time in the mornings.
Anyway it has been a perfect beach holiday, we have made good use of the accomodation’s kayaks to sail / paddle to little islands, we have had bikes to explore other beaches (and then concluded that ours was the best!), we have been snorkelling and generally just doing the things you do on a tropical beach island (sunbathing, reading, swimming, drinking cocktails, going to nice restuarants). Sorry to all those people who are at work!
It has definetly been a very memorable holiday, made even more so by a little surprise that Si had planned. On our second day here we took the kayaks out to a deserted little island called Onorua, I had just sprawled out on the sand when Si surprised me with a ring and proposed!! Of course I said yes so we are now engaged!!! Yay! It was the perfect proposal in a perfect setting and the perfect way to make this stage of our trip perfect (have I used the word perfect too much?) Fiji has a lot to live up to.