And both of those outcrops look like a harness and belay situation to me, great job getting to the top even if the clouds rolled in to obstruct your view.

It was not the top one we climbed, but the short bit on the side. It comes about 1/4 of the way up on the right, not close to the top at all. There were ropes and chains along the path, and only one really nerve wracking part (not so bad on the way up, only on the way down after it rained and the rock was wet).

I didn't get a good shot of it but found this online. This is at the bottom, it gets steeper further up with ropes and small foot spots cut into the rock. This photo doesn't show it well but this is the most nerve wracking bit, where you're sorta on the edge of a cliff. The bit further up has some dirt and vegitation on the outer edge which made it feel a bit safer, even if only because you couldn't see the cliff below you.

Chain for holding on to

Here's another I cut out of one I found online that shows that first bit that drops away, you wouldn't want to slip...

North face track

How was the temperature? Hot and humid im guessing.

Definitely shorts and T-shirt weather but not too bad. It was cloudy most of the time we were there, and a little wet at times. I think it was probably mid 20s most days so it wasn't uncomfortably warm, and never cold.

With so many of you did you book out a house or a resort?

We stayed at a resort. Booked a bunch of villas at one of the bigger resorts. All up we had about 20 people.

Good advertisment. Im going to have to try a trip to Raro i think! Loved Samoa when i went.

I've never really been interested in the islands because they are normally hot and I thought people went to sit around and relax. But it turns out it can be a nice temperature and there is heaps to do. The one thing we didn't get to do is whale watching. It's the end of humpback whale season, but while we were there the conditions weren't great. We were rebooking things a lot around the weather and sea conditions.

One tip is to avoid the school holidays haha (both NZ and Australia). Most of the stuff didn't have many booking spots available.