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Cook Islands Dispatch: A Birthday Escape to AitutakiFeb 2026
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Cook Islands Dispatch: A Birthday Escape to Aitutaki

I surprised Noah with a birthday weekend on Aitutaki — a private motu, a lagoon the color of nothing I've seen before, and one big mistake: we only booked a long weekend.

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Palms leaning out over the lagoon
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Palms leaning out over the lagoon
The sand track through the palms
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The sand track through the palms
Out on the sandbank at low tide
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Out on the sandbank at low tide
The coast from the air, coming in
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The coast from the air, coming in
The overwater bungalows along the lagoon
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The overwater bungalows along the lagoon
A single palm over the shallows
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A single palm over the shallows
The bungalows seen from the water
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The bungalows seen from the water