Muri beach

Hopefully from the panoramic picture below you can see the small islands - these are at the edge of the lagoon and there is a reef all the way around the lagoon just beyond them. You can walk from the beach to the islands - if you pick your path carefully the depth is no more than waist high. The fish are amazing and the starfish almost luminescent in their bright colours. Martin was nipped by something on the back of his calf and I stumbled over some coral and cut some toes and a thumb. As I waded back to the beach trailing blood I did think it was lucky sharks were kept out of the lagoon by the reef!

There were no hawkers on the beach, we were never hassled by bar or restaurant owners and the crime rate is very low so that was all refreshing.

We have really enjoyed our 'island time' and glad we learnt a lot about Cook Island culture.