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We passed scenes like these two, then drove through the main drag until we arrived at Are Manuiri in Areora.
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Are Manuiri
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I'll show more of the inside another time, but the first room to the left was mine.
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I went out from Are Manuiri riding the motor scooter to take photographs.
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I didn't go to the left.......I went to the right through the community's main road.
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Down by the turn is the bank, Star Travel, and one of the two stores.
I took this photo (and some others) to show how, even though this community is on a mountain top, one isn't constantly reminded of it because of the trees and vegetation growing up from the depressions. Notice how the land drops a short distance behind the stores.
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Farther down the road is the Catholic Church and the grandstands that are now being built for the big Millennium New Years celebration.
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The Cook Islands Christian Church.
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The Centre Store (and there's a whole lot more), but, now, we're heading for...
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