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Aitutaki Lagoon Resort and Spa, Cook Islands.

Accommodation on the island range from beach huts, as pictured in the first part of the Article, and to expensive luxury hotels, such as Tamanu Beach Hotel, Pacific Resort Aitutaki and Aitutaki Lagoon Resort and Spa.

Arutanga is the capital of Aitutaki, Here there is a port, with a couple of characters «stop», indoor market Bazaar, several government buildings, the oldest church in the Cook Islands, built in 1828 Year, three store – they are known by the color of paint, in which they painted, Brown, Green and yellow, and the Bank.

In August last year, pious locals, who regularly go to church (on the island 20 Churches) and have so far refused to allow the aircraft to sit and take off on Sunday, suffered the first bank robbery in the history of the island, When an unknown man still withdrew from their accounts more than $ 150 000.

Exactly in 7:41 Morning, the Foxy Lady began a nightmare. Four zheltoperyh tuna grabbed four bait immediately. About two seconds later, three fish were eaten by sharks.

The native of the city of Victoria, Jason Kimberley, that was supposed to play the wedding on Aitutaki, later in the day, managed to catch the fourth tuna, which weighed about 2 kg, the first fish of the day, and as it turned out, latest.

Back on the beach, the Aitutaki Lagoon Resort and Spa, We found the perfect place for a lunch of seafood and Curry.

By a strange coincidence, it was at the same restaurant, where fishing champion Kimberly was preparing to marry and in the middle of the wedding table adorned the 2-piece pound yellowfin tuna, masterfully transformed into sashimi (dish of raw thinly sliced fish sauce).

Description of the trip gave the journalist and photographer David Mae. Translation-revision http site://australia-tour.info.

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