LIFE IN THE "GARDEN OF EDEN"
Families live in thatched cottages called kikau (right). Access is by inter island boat from Pukapuka. Elliot Smith, in the invaluable "Cook Islands Companion" describes Nassau as "a small garden of Eden". The land is rich in taro and fruit groves, and fish and shellfish are caught off the reef.
....where one day is just like the next
The island is 11 degrees below the equator, and days and nights are almost exactly 12 hours long. The daytime temperature also stays at about 27 degrees celcius ( 83F) all the year round.