Getting there:
If you plan on a visit to the Cooks be sure to set aside some time
for a visit to the beautiful island of Aitutaki. It is about
a 40 min flight from the international airport on the main island
of Rarotonga. Aitutaki has a wonderful "feel" of laid back
friendliness and genuine personal warmth. It is well worth the
visit. You can easily pedal bike around the island in a few hours,
although most people will rent a scooter or a small car sometime
during their visit. If you plan on visiting the island, I would
suggest you set aside at least 3 days - we spent 7 days and could
have easily stayed longer.
About the cache:
The cache is on the main island of Aitutaki and can be easily
driven to. It is hidden in the small village of Vaipae on the east
side of the island. We placed the cache in a spot which
typifies island life. The cache is a 1L
cylindrical, plastic peanut butter container.
My home is in Canada, so I thought it would be fun to give the
cache a national feel by adding some contents which are
representative of my country or have a Canadian logo on them. If
you choose to add to the cache and can place something from your
home, that would be great, but isn't a requirement.
Please be careful of muggles and respect the location.
When we were in Aitutaki we stayed in a resort and absolutely loved
the time we spent there. The owners were interested in my
geocaching hobby and kindly volunteered to maintain the cache for
me, given my great distance from home. Thank you to Jo-Anne and Jim
Brittijn for helping with this.
Original contents:
Log book
Pencils
SAGC shoe horn
Bracelet
Finger nail clippers
32MB SD camera memory chip
Canada pin
Canada logo pen
Screwdriver
Assorted coat lapel pins
Kelowna cork screw
LED key chain
Mosquito repellant button
Canada lock and keys
Owl
Small note on cache maintenance: There is a local
cache guardian. Name and contact info on file with
geocaching.com.