Note: I forgot to publish this a while back so it is out of order. This was from early May. After sailing in French Polynesia for the past two years, it was exciting to be heading out to a new country, the Cook Islands. They are their own nation but linked with New Zealand who is in charge of defense,

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Palmerston is a small coral atoll about 200 nm west of Aitutaki and part of the Cook Islands. It has 37 residents and they are all descendants of William Marsters who came there in 1863 with three Polynesian wives. Initially, he was part of a company producing copra but in time he took over the local operations and was officially

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