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story</a> 224</li></ul> 225</div> 226</li></ul> 227 </div> 228 </div> 229 <div class="u-black u-menu-overlay u-opacity u-opacity-0"></div> 230 </div> 231 </nav> 232 </div></header> 233 <section class="u-clearfix u-image u-shading u-valign-middle-xs u-section-1" id="sec-d22a" data-image-width="1280" data-image-height="856"> 234 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-xl u-sheet-1"> 235 <h1 class="u-align-center u-hidden-sm u-hidden-xs u-text u-text-custom-color-656 u-text-1"><span class="u-text-custom-color-582" style="font-size: 3.75rem;">15 Cook Isâlands...</span> 236 <br><span style="font-size: 1.875rem;" class="u-text-custom-color-582">and 15 things you might nâot know about them</span> 237 </h1> 238 <h1 class="u-align-center-sm u-align-center-xs u-hidden-lg u-hidden-md u-hidden-xl u-text u-text-custom-color-407 u-text-2"><span class="u-text-custom-color-656">15 Cook <span style="font-size: 2.25rem;"></span>Islands...</span> 239 <br><span style="font-size: 1.5rem;">and 15 things you might not know about thâem</span> 240 </h1> 241 </div> 242 </section> 243 <section class="u-clearfix u-gradient u-section-2" id="sec-43e4"> 244 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1"> 245 <img class="u-hidden-xs u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/didyouknow2transparent.png" alt="" data-image-width="800" data-image-height="500"> 246 <h2 class="u-align-center u-text u-text-1"> The Cook Islands are full of fascinating stories and facts. Here are just a few which I hope you'll not only find interesting, but will encourage you to explore this site and the Islands themselves</h2> 247 <p class="u-alig
247n-center u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-2"> Links open in a new tab or window</p> 248 </div> 249 </section> 250 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-xl u-section-3" id="sec-e207"> 251 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-md u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-sheet-1"> 252 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 253 <div class="u-layout"> 254 <div class="u-layout-row"> 255 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-style u-layout-cell u-palette-1-light-3 u-shape-rectangle u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 256 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-1"> 257 <img class="u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/manuaebeach.jpeg" alt="Deserted Manuae, Cook Islands" data-image-width="350" data-image-height="250"> 258 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-1">Deserted <span style="font-size: 1.125rem;">MANUAE</span> was the first of the islands that Captain Cook discovered. Today it's a national park and special permission is needed to visit it 259 </p> 260 <a href="MANUAE-Cook-Islands-deserted.html" data-page-id="209810901" class="u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-1" target="_blank">VISIT VIRTUALLY</a> 261 </div> 262 </div> 263 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-grey-5 u-layout-cell u-size-30 u-layout-cell-2"> 264 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-2"> 265 <img class="u-image u-image-default u-image-2" src="images/palmerston1.jpg" alt="Palmerston island main street" data-image-width="800" data-image-height="507"> 266 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-590 u-text-2"> PALMERSTON is the only one of the Cook Islands that Captain James Cook set foot on himself. Today it's owned and populated by the descendants of a 19th century Englishman who founded a dynasty there</p> 267 <a href="PALMERSTON-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="750330050" class="u-align-center-lg u-align-center-md u-align-center-sm u-align-center-xs u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-2" target="_blank">follow in his footsteps</a> 268 </div> 269 </div> 270 </div> 271 </div> 272 </div> 273 </div> 274 </section> 275 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-md u-container-align-center-sm u-container-align-center-xl u-section-4" id="carousel_04a1"> 276 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top u-sheet-1"> 277 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 278 <div class="u-layout"> 279 <div class="u-layout-row"> 280 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-md u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-grey-5 u-layout-cell u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 281 <div class="u-container-layout u-valign-bottom u-container-layout-1"> 282 <img class="u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/Aitutaki-Aerial.jpg" alt="Aitutaki from the air" data-image-width="1327" data-image-height="1000"> 283 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-1"> AITUTAKI was discovered accidentally by Captain William Bligh 17 days before the mutiny on his ship, 'Bounty'. He called it "a charming little spot"</p> 284 <a href="AITUTAKI.html" data-page-id="143854685" class="u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-1" target="_blank">DISCOVER IT FOR YOURSELF</a> 285 </div> 286 </div> 287 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-gradient u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-30 u-layout-cell-2"> 288 <div class="u-container-layout u-valign-bottom u-container-layout-2"> 289 <img class="u-image u-image-default u-image-2" src="images/VonKrusenstern.jpg" alt="Adam Johann Von Krusenstern" data-image-width="600" data-image-height="798"> 290 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-590 u-text-2"> The Cook Islands were given their name by a famous Russian explorer and map maker, Adam Johann Von Krusenstern. They were known before that as the Hervey (or Hervey's) Islands</p> 291 <a href="Welcome-to-the-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="45610453" class="u-align-center-lg u-align-center-md u-align-center-sm u-align-center-xs u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-2" target="_blank" title="Welcome to the Cook Islands">start exploring</a> 292 </div> 293 </div> 294 </div> 295 </div> 296 </div> 297 </div> 298 </section> 299 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-section-5" id="carousel_e7c1"> 300 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1"> 301 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 302 <div class="u-layout"> 303 <div class="u-layout-row"> 304 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-layout-cell u-palette-4-light-3 u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 305 <div class="u-container-layout u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-1"> 306 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/AtiuISS002-E-9923.jpg" alt="Atiu villages from the air" data-image-width="1600" data-image-height="1515"> 307 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-1"> Seen from the air, ATIU's five villages form the shape of a stick man</p> 308 <a href="ATIU.html" data-page-id="39025331" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-1" target="_blank">TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ATIU</a> 309 </div> 310 </div> 311 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-gradient u-layout-cell u-size-30 u-layout-cell-2"> 312 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-2"> 313 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-2" src="images/Blackpearlsandshell300dpi.jpg" alt="Manihiki black pearls on shell" data-image-width="600" data-image-height="429"> 314 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-590 u-text-2"> Some of the world's finest black pearls are farmed in the vast and beautiful lagoon of MANIHIKI but it's an industry and island under serious threat from climate change</p> 315 <a href="MANIHIKI-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="69059422" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-2" target="_blank">DISCOVER A PEARL OF AN ISLAND</a> 316 </div> 317 </div> 318 </div> 319 </div> 320 </div> 321 </div> 322 </section> 323 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-section-6" id="carousel_304c"> 324 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top-xs u-sheet-1"> 325 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 326 <div class="u-layout"> 327 <div class="u-layout-row"> 328 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-md u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-grey-5 u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 329 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-1"> 330 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/suwarrowbeachonanchorageisland.jpg" alt="Suwarrow home island" data-image-width="533" data-image-height="400"> 331 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-1"> Treasure buried on SUWARROW in 1876 has never been found because an "x marks the spot" map was lost</p> 332 <a href="SUWARROW-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="254
332687768" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-1" target="_blank">DIG UP MORE ABOUT SUWARROW</a> 333 </div> 334 </div> 335 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-gradient u-layout-cell u-size-30 u-layout-cell-2"> 336 <div class="u-container-layout u-valign-top u-container-layout-2"> 337 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-2" src="images/Villageaerial2.jpg" alt="Mitiaro village from the air" data-image-width="879" data-image-height="400"> 338 <p class="u-align-center-lg u-align-center-md u-align-center-sm u-align-center-xs u-text u-text-custom-color-590 u-text-2"> Legend says the gods drew MITIARO up from the depths of the ocean and fairies made it habitable with soil from nearby Atiu and Mauke</p> 339 <a href="MITIARO-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="103439585" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-2" target="_blank"> DISCOVER THE MITIARO MAGIC </a> 340 </div> 341 </div> 342 </div> 343 </div> 344 </div> 345 </div> 346 </section> 347 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-section-7" id="carousel_67f7"> 348 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1"> 349 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 350 <div class="u-layout"> 351 <div class="u-layout-row"> 352 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-style u-layout-cell u-palette-4-light-3 u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 353 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-1"> 354 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/dividedchurch-entrances-lighter.jpg" alt="Mauke&apos;s &quot;divided church&quot;" data-image-width="580" data-image-height="406"> 355 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-27 u-text-1"> A church at the centre of MAUKE was literally divided down the middle when it was built because locals couldnât agree on its interior decoration</p> 356 <a href="MAUKE-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="220111882" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-1" target="_blank">FIND THE CHURCH IN<br>THE GARDEN OF THE ISLANDS 357 </a> 358 </div> 359 </div> 360 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-align-center-lg u-container-align-center-md u-container-align-center-sm u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-grey-5 u-layout-cell u-size-30 u-layout-cell-2"> 361 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-2"> 362 <img class="u-align-center u-image u-image-default u-image-2" src="images/Plane-with-crew-cropped.jpg" alt="Go Gettin&apos; Gal bomber (copyright picture)" data-image-width="664" data-image-height="426"> 363 <p class="u-text u-text-custom-color-590 u-text-2"> PENRHYN (aka Tongareva) has an airfield thanks to American GIs who built it as part of an alternative supply route in World War II. And the remains of this bomber lie in the undergrowth</p> 364 <a href="PENRHYN-Cook-Islands.html" data-page-id="53514980" class="u-align-center u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-3-base u-palette-1-base u-btn-2" target="_blank">UNCOVER PENRHYN</a> 365 </div> 366 </div> 367 </div> 368 </div> 369 </div> 370 </div> 371 </section> 372 <section class="u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-section-8" id="carousel_f9e6"> 373 <div class="u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xs u-sheet-1"> 374 <div class="data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-gutter-10 u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1"> 375 <div class="u-layout"> 376 <div class="u-layout-row"> 377 <div class="u-align-center u-container-align-center u-container-style u-grey-5 u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-30 u-layout-cell-1"> 378 <div class="u-container-layout u-container-layout-1"> 379 <img class="u-align-center-sm u-align-center-xs u-image u-image-default u-image-1" src="images/cutt
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