One of the coolest things about the hostel in Rarotonga was meeting a ton of fun fellow travelers from all over the world. We haven't met any American backpackers so far – just a couple from the cruise ship docked in Avarua on Friday and a women at our hostel who worked at the Met and was island-hopping after a conference on Pacfic archeology. Maybe it's just a biased sample, but it seems like it really is a lot more common for people from other countries to go off traveling for an extended amount of time. A couple of people at the hostel were at the end of 12-month trips, and others were away for an indeterminate length of time. Considering some of the reactions I'd get when I told people what I was doing, it's awesome to meet a lot of other people with similar interests.
We exchanged contact information with a few other backpackers from Rarotonga to meet up later on or to exchange travel tips, since several had done extended Asia trips right before the Cook Islands.
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