Day 2 - Rarotonga

Still no internet so today we were off to rent our luxury BMW convertible. Ha-ha-ha. Nothing luxurious about this car. It squeaked everytime you opened the doors, the convertible was taped together with duct tape, while driving it felt like it was going to fall apart (luckily you can only drive 30 mph), and sometimes the key would just spin in the ignition and the car wouldn't start. Yikes. I think we may have had better luck with a scooter instead. So then we headed to the police department so Craig could get a Cook Islands driver's license. Luckily he passed. He almost didn't because I filled out the application wrong. Instead of month day year, they put day, month, and year.
After paying our $20 fee we were on our way. Our next stop was ANZ bank. We proceeded to open a savings account and exchange some money. We want to return ASAP. Then we drove around the island to see what Rarotonga is all about. There are 3 chapels on the island, a massive Hilton Hotel that went under during construction and has been left to rot, beautiful beaches, and lots of lush greenery. That night we decided to go see a movie. The theater is called the cinema 3 because they have 3 movies to show. Each movie is shown every three days. On the day we went, A Christmas Carol was supposed to play at 8pm. So we went back a few hours later and it was a $5 special that night. The owners were afraid no one would come. So they also didn't pop any popcorn. So we had ice-cream cones instead. They love their ice-cream here. So the movie began. Then all of a sudden the movie stopped and the lights came on and everyone but the tourists, left. I thought this is just like the Silsbee theater. It hardly ever works. Then we saw everyone coming back with more goodies to eat and drink. They stop the movie for an intermission for 15 minutes. The movie started again and we enjoyed listening to all of the island kids laugh at what I thought was kind of scary and weird stuff. It was a fun night.

P.S. Still no internet. The girl at reception told Craig that he is on island time now. Relax!!!