Ten days ago, I stepped out onto the balcony of the resort - coconut in hand - to see a pod of dolphins and several whale sprays. What a welcome to Niue it was! A few months ago, we got to talking about a vacation. A real vacation that didn't involve other events or schedules or any of that. The last three trips we've taken have been to go to weddings (many of which we played big roles in too!) so we couldn't remember the last time we actually took a holiday more than a weekend away. So it was decided. We were booking a holiday to Niue. Where is that, you may ask? It's about 2,400 kilometres northeast of New Zealand within the triangle formed by Tonga to the west, Samoa to the north, and the Cook Islands to the east. (Thanks Wikipedia!) Basically, it's about a 3.5 hour flight from Auckland up north in the South Pacific. We spent a week at the Scenic Matavai Resort and found Niue to be a lovely, tidy place. It's known as "the rock of Po