Sea grapes; the caviar of the Cook Islands!

Sea Grapes anyone?  I've discovered a new so-called delicasy today!  I was on a school visit, and just as luck would have it, as always appears to be the case, I was there over morning tea!  Anyway, they had on the menu sea-grapes, which are apparently a delicasy from the island of Aitutaki.  They are a bunch tiny little grape coloured translucent balls attached to what looks like seaweed.  So, not wanting to be rude, and always being game for new things I tried them as is. 
"No, no", they said "You need to have them with corned beef and coconut cream"  Which I did.  Hidden with the other flavours of the corned beef and coconut cream they are quite nice. - by them self they taste like...salty water, which isn't suprising given where they come from; growing on rocks in the sea!  So with the combination of salty sea-grapes and corned beef (heavily salted) I could feel my arteries tightening with every mouthful!

I also partook of boiled green bananas, which they also had on the menu.  No surprise then when the principal said;
"Go on Brendon, eat up.  You'll soon be the size of all of us"  Needless to say they're aren't delicate women.  But they are hilarious.  To my comment of "They're salty" upon tasting the sea grapes one woman replied "Well what do you expect - sweet!  They grow in the sea!"
Well what could I say?

tonight we went to Alberto's Restaurant for a... real medium to well done steak!  My first since arriving in Raro - it was delicious!

Here's some photo's of Milly. 

"Where the hell is Dad going now?"

Enjoying the beach.  First week in Raro.

"Dancing Queen!"

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

"Rain drops keep falling on my head"