Nuku Alofa, Tonga Travel Blogs

Slow Boat Coming
May 15, 2006 (10 photos)

... , to go with the disappearance of Tonga's original beliefs. We caught a taxi to the heart of the capital, Nuku'alofa, and couchsurfed with a friendly and welcoming Australian couple and their baby. They talked about the eccentricities of Tonga and of ...

Paratiisi hukassa
Jan 8, 2008 (6 photos)

... muuten myos Madventuresin suosittelema) omistaja, Toni, oli meita vastassa kentalla, ja han kertoi mielenkiintoisia asioita Nuku'Alofasta, Tongan paakaupungista, johon olimme matkalla. Kaupunki oli palanut reilu vuosi sitten ja suurta osaa palveluista ei ...

Nicht alle Inseln im Schrank
Jun 5, 2007 (14 photos)

... aehnelt, steht hier in den meisten anderen Belangen die Welt Kopf. Im Schutz der 2000 Kilometer Pazifik, welche Tonga von der naechsten, halbwegs entwickelten Zivilisation trennen, hat sich hier ein Voelklein mit wunderlichen Sitten entwickelt. Du weisst, ...

Tonga
Apr 28, 2009 (3 photos)

... to touch the tail fin of a reef shark and keep all his fingers! Here's some photos of the sharks:      Tonga seems pretty cool, we fly over to the Va'vau Island group later today and pick up our yacht tomorrow. On arrival at the ...

Ei sitten olla Fijilla, ei...
Jan 14, 2008 (4 photos)

Ei voi sanoa muuta kuin etta ei hyvaa paivaa. Kun olimme Nuku'alofan lentokentalla paasseet uskomattoman hitaan check-inin lapi (boarding passit kirjoitettiin kasin), ja juuri kun olin maksanut lentokenttaveron ja vaihtanut loput Tongan rahat Fijin ...

First Days in the Kingdom of Tonga
Oct 7, 2008 (8 photos)

After a 3 hour freezing flight across the south pacific we touched down in Nuku'alofa. Night descended. Some confusion over who was picking us up from the airport. Some confusion over how many of us there were and how long we were ...

Welcome to Tonga
May 10, 2009 (6 photos)

Hei vaan ja hyvää Äitienpäivää kaikille äideille. Saavuttiin Aucklandista Tongatapuun ja siellä kaupunkiin nimeltä Nukualofa. Taaskin pisteet Air New Zealadille omista telkkareista (ja on muuten isommat ku vinnairilla) ja hyvästä palvelusta. Tiputtiin maahan 9 ...

Tonga (or "Get that pig out of the road!")
Jun 17, 2009

... -morning on Monday and, after dumping my bags at my hostel, headed straight out onto the streets of the capital, Nuku'alofa. Grand colonial-era buildings rub shoulders with more recent corrugated iron and breezeblock efforts and the whole place has a ...

Tonga - Across the dateline
Sep 1, 2004 (14 photos)

... home. If you decide to go to Tonga, go whale watching and for food/drink at Friends café in Nuku'alofa - it is the best café in Tonga and the staff will help you with information and bookings. Observations - The people are friendly, but not as ...

Terveiset Tongalta! *live*
Feb 19, 2007

Täällä sitä ollaan Tongalla! Puhelinverkosta ei tietoakaan, mutta yksi nettipaikka todella hitaalla yhteydellä löytyy ...ja kahvila myös, joten ei tarvitse nälässä olla :-) Keskusta on tosiaan tuhkana, mutta muuten vaikuttaa rauhalliselta. Lentokentällä oli yksi ...

Nuku'alofa - Tonin saarikierros
Feb 20, 2007 (12 photos)

... päivämäärärajan tuntumassa ja siis maailman valtioista ensimmäinen, joka vastaanottaa uuden päivän. Useista muista tyynenmeren saarista poiketen Tonga ei ole juurikaan turistisoitunut tai kehittynyt, vaan aika on täällä pysähtynyt ja saaret säilyneet hyvin aitoina. ...

Sur la plage abandonnee, coquillages et crustaces?
May 1, 2008 (175 photos)

... anglo-tongais qui vit ici depuis des lustres, bien sympatoche. En bonus track, on a teste le homard prepare a la chinoise a Tonga : bizarre mais plutot bon :). Pour resumer, les Tonga c'est... - le bordel, y'a rien qui marche dans ce pays !! - ...

Tonga..The Pearl of the Pacific
Nov 5, 2007 (47 photos)

... shake hands and talk to you and say hello and all are so curious as to why we would come to Tonga. Alot of the capital Nuku'alofa had been burned down and destroyed in riots a few months back.. people rebelling against the government and king which have ...

Ha'apai - Nukualofa
Feb 28, 2007 (6 photos)

... ikinä pois ja tulee kaikenlisäksi sanomista jos kolme länkkäriä rysähtää maahan :-)    Lento 5: Ha'apai - Nuku'alofa Lentoyhtiö: Fiji Airlines Konetyyppi: Embraer 110 Bandeirante Lentonumero: numeroita, numeroita, kunhan lennellään nyt vaan ...

Pili pili pom
Jan 10, 2008 (1 photos)

Sataa, sataa ja sataa. Sadetta on nyt kestanyt kuulemma kymmenen paivaa. Me olemme olleet taalla nelja. Valilla ei sada, sitten tulee taas aivan kaatamalla. Toissapaivana oli pitkaan poutaista, eilen vetta tuli senkin edesta. Yolla herasin moneen ...

10 days in Tonga
May 15, 2006 (1 photos)

... accommodation, mostly in the form of resorts, which aren't my favourite thing. We spent our first day wandering round the capital, Nuku'alofa, which took all of about 2 hours. There's a smattering of clothing/household shops, a couple of cafes and one ...

Back to Nuku'alofa
Apr 22, 2008

Caught the 5:30 am ferry to the main island. Saw the first sunrise of the day on the way over. Spectacular. Hired a driver to take us all the way around the island that day. Then we were headed back home on our flight at 9:30pm. It was a very long ...

Auckland- Nuku'alofa
Feb 19, 2007 (7 photos)

... oli kuitenkin varmasti täyden koneen verran, koska ovat nimittäin aika isokokoisia nämä Tongalaiset! :-) Lento 12: Auckland-Nuku'alofa (Tongatapu) Lentoyhtiö: Pacific Blue Konetyyppi: Boeing 737-800 Lentonumero: DJ179 Ilmoitettu lähtöaika: 07:00 ...

The Kingdom of Tonga - Where Time Begins
Jul 15, 2006 (22 photos)

... and Agriculture. Tonga's time-zone location has encouraged many businesses to adopt 'International Dateline' in its title and Nuku'alofa offers the International Dateline Cinema, Bakery and Supermarket amongst others. It makes the whole place sound like ...

Nuku'alofan kuulumisia *live*
Feb 20, 2007

Jees, kirjottelen tälläiset ihan vaan lyhyet terveiset aina, kun nettiin pääsen ja isommat tekstit kuvilla tulee myöhemmin... Tämä nettipaikka muuten on sellaisessa puoliksi palaneessa talossa ...aika karu mesta :-) Jengi on kyllä todella rauhallista ja ystävällistä ...

Where the day begins
Oct 6, 2007 (8 photos)

... the guide, this is the only multiheaded palm tree in the world, it apparently proves that I was indeed in Tonga. The coastline is dramatically beautiful here with waves crashing into rocks creating blowholes, high cliffs, and white sandy beaches ...

In Tonga at 2AM
Apr 19, 2008 (5 photos)

... . By the time we arrived at the Dupincia it was after 3am. Our room was fine, not fancy and it had AC a rarity in Tonga. Awoke to the buzz of weed wacking outside at 9:30am and realized we needed to get a move on. Showered, dressed and walked downstairs ...

The Kindom of Tonga
Nov 21, 2007

... quality time back at the house playing with their grandchildren. We spent our first afternoon in Tonga exploring Nuku'alofa city and ended up taking time out by the waterfront.  After shopping for some basic food supplies, we ...

Tonga Visit
Sep 4, 2008 (11 photos)

... is a Saturday here, with partying all night and spending the day on the water. How do these people afford it???? PHOTO_ID_R=nuku_alofa_x12x.jpg] After 2 rounds of questions it was time to hit the bars with a bit more atmostphere. After a lot of beers ...

Tonga
Apr 26, 2005 (6 photos)

So its late on the 25th when I'm due to board NZ26 to Tonga, I still haven't booked accommodation, shit, I'm screwed, having repeatedly tried to call the 'Backpacker place' which the Lonely planet, (which i have come to affectionately call the 'Lonely Liar ...

Aug 17, 2007 (3 photos)

Aug 18, 2007 (2 photos)

Arrival in Tonga!
Oct 19, 2006 (3 photos)

... (he flew in from Montana today), we arrived safely in The Kingdom of Tonga this morning! On our way from the airport into Nuku'alofa we drove by Mala'e Kula (the Royal Tombs) where the Tongan Royal Family has been buried since King Siaosi (George) ...

An even hotter sauna
Feb 10, 2009

... they helped the locals build homes and schools and they also taught the children.  This island is not very big and Nuku'alofa is the only town.  We both enjoyed the tour but again were glad to get back on the air conditioned ship ...

Nuku'alofa
Jan 19, 2001

Tonga - Discovered by Captain Cook!