I found my travel journal from my 6 weeks in the Cook Islands. We staying on Rarotonga and Mangaia islands. I transcribed all my rambling into one long post. If you want to read it you can do so here. This is meant to be a shorter read. Getting There We began our adventure around 4 in the morning because we needed to leave Vancouver Island. We caught the first ferry to Vancouver and went to the airport. There are no direct flights to Rarotonga from Vancouver, so our first stage was getting to Los Angeles. At LAX we had some plane troubles and were delayed by just over an…