Chris Blain
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Kia Orana...my Mum was born in Vaipai in Aitutaki but shifted to NZ as a nurse with her sister and met my Dad...my brother and I were born in NZ in 62 and 63...we didn't visit the Cooks till we were about 12 or so...what a glorious place....it was so beautiful back then....few tourists...about 1 resort....stunningly breathtakingly beautiful...I still remember swimming in the Mutu...deep water...crystal clear clarity...coral the colour of a rainbow....so many small and large fish....magic moments that are ingrained in my memory almost 50 years later.... revisited with my wife years later...with my parents and younger brother....special kind, proud and loving people....