Thursday, September 19, 2019

COOK ISLANDS ~ Aitutaki ~

... "Kia Orana", welcome to the Cook Islands, the best-kept secret of the South Pacific.... breathtakingly beautiful view of the jewel of the Cook Islands... Aitutaki a magnificent and remote island means "a little paradise"... most famous for is its large brilliant lagoon... surrounded by the deep blue of the ocean, its luminous, dazzling turquoise waters make such a dramatic contrast... the lagoon is large, taking about an hour in a boat to cross it... from the air, the barrier reef is a wobbly white line that links the fish-hook shaped dark green main island with a scattering of motu around the edge... it's the second most visited island in the Cook Islands group.... popular activities are windsurfing, kayaking, boat cruises, lagoon tours, diving and snorkel trips...Thanks a lot Azzi!ヽ(•‿•)ノ
🌞💜🌞 "A little slice of heaven"🌞💜🌞
The 15 islands of the Cooks are located halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii, widely scattered across the ocean.

Aitutaki is the second largest of the Cook Islands a sparsely populated island directly north of capital Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and west of Tahiti. It is a triangular-shaped 'almost'-atoll rising up 4000 metres from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. It consists of three volcanic and 12 coral islets (motu).

The Polynesian islanders arrived about 900 A.D., and thrived on the fertile volcanic area surrounding the hill of Maungapu. The first European contact was Captain William Bligh’s arrival on board the Bounty, in 1789.

Stamps:

Suwarrow Atoll National Park
(Issued 30-05-2019)

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