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When you're in Aitutaki, don't forget to say hi to my friend Aisne, at the market. She's going to teach me how to sew my own shirt when I go back. She'll cut your hair too.

From November to February, the waters are the mating grounds of sea turtles. The Hawksbill turtle onu taratara (left) and the green turtle onu. The Hawksbill is on the "critically endangered species" list produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

The Legend of One Foot Island

Tapuactai is known to all as One Foot Island - from the air it resembles a left foot. But I prefer the legend...

A tribe once attacked the main island and a man and his son escaped by canoe. On this unnamed islet, he carried the boy across the beach and hid him in a tall coconut tree. Then he paddled all the way to Rarotonga for help. When the "baddies" reached the islet they only saw one set of footprints on and off the island and they left. The boy remained safely hidden until his father returned with help. And from then on, the island was known as One Foot Island.

If you're paying a visit to One Foot Island, don't forget your passport! You won't need it to visit the islet, but you will want to get it stamped at the post office which sets up there each day. You can buy One Foot Island stamps too.