Tag: Oleander
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Avarua, so many flowers to see as we walked this peaceful community’s streets
Our ship arrived in Avarua on a Sunday. The majority of businesses were closed, and families were enjoying the day together, relaxing, swimming at the beach, enjoy ice cream, and generally seeming minimally aware nearly 2,000 people had come to see their island home. Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands… everywhere we turned there were more flowers,…
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Maui – a day for roaming near the port
Some places have lots of mountains, making it hard to see a great distance away. Other places are wide open, and flat, and like when you are at sea, you can see storms moving across the horizon, and sometimes you can spot bursts of rain in the distance. We were sailing away from the BIG clouds…