Tonga, Tonga Travel Blogs

Working My Derriereoff
Jul 21, 2008 (15 photos)

... with 50 meter visibility and got my bathing suit bottoms stolen off the clothesline.     Super stormy sail to Tonga.  Enjoyed an off-road cart mud tour of the island and exploring lots of little anchorages, mostly in the rain.  ...

Working at the car wash, yeah!
Dec 10, 2009 (5 photos)

... ;I don’t know, I’ve never been here before“, en zo cruisen we langs een grot, een paar rotsblokken (Tonga’s Stonehenge), de landingsplaats van meneer Cook, een strand, en wat blowholes langs de kust. Dat was dus Tongatapu. Daarna ...

The Kindom of Tonga
Nov 21, 2007

... has since arranged to have the glass photograph plate put on display in the Queen Salote National Museum of Tonga.  Mission Accomplished!!!! We went to Friends Cafe for lunch and had a wander around the Talamahu market, buying gifts and ...

The first real Pacific tropical island
Sep 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... try my best. We motored out of the Pago Pago harbor on Sep. 16th enroute to an island chain called the Kingdom of Tonga, the only kingdom in the southern hemisphere and I believe the longest lasting in the Pacific, maybe the world.  I had never ...

Tonga Visit
Sep 4, 2008 (11 photos)

... visits to Port Hedland or Broome anymore. When I go for a market visit its international. We export Coca-Cola to Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands plus another 4 or 5 smaller islands, so hopefully more international visits await. It's ...

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 ...

Tonga
Aug 29, 2005

... . If you were naughty, a girl came and hit you with a broom! Harvey got sweets when he answered something right.......he was in Year one so got lots right and lots of sweets! We really liked Tonga, it was really friendly. The pool table was cool too!

Morning Glory in Tonga
Mar 26, 2007

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Hiking the extinct volcanic island of Tofua
Aug 17, 2005 (19 photos)

... was one of the best things I have ever done, and it was the most isolated I have ever been as well, it was quite amazing. You don't get much more isolated that 6 hours way from the main land in Tonga in the middle of no where it was really an experience.

Mounu Island Resort
Feb 20, 2006

Today we sailed out to Mounu Island Resort for lunch. It is an absolute paradise of an island with delicious food!

Tonga
Mar 21, 2007

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See #3
Mar 19, 2008

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Swimming by Moonlight at Keitahi Beach in Tonga
Oct 26, 2007 (21 photos)

... dip in the ocean soon turns into a night of frolicing in the waves while the moon shines her happy face down upon you. Surreal! After our merrymaking we drove back to Neiafu.  Time for a hot shower and bed up at Hilltop Hotel. Vava'u, Tonga

Mermaid and Moteli
Feb 18, 2006

Another day of cruising on Cyber...motoring about due to lack of wind was our mode of power today. We swam in Swallows Cave then partook in the celebrations at Mermaid for Matt's birthday. As the night was winding down, we headed off to Moteli for ...

Heading to Tonga!!!
Sep 13, 2009 (2 photos)

Hello again! - we are having issues with the time changes!, so far we have been up early enough to have breakfast  only once and we lose another hour tonight so we will be 3 hours on top of AEST. The current time is 4pm and yours  is 2pm and ...

Kart Safari
Sep 8, 2008

On the free day, we explored the little town and the markets.  Very fresh produce.  The Kart safari was great, souped up Go Karts with roll cages.  Off the beaten track through very rough tracks, with a guide.  We were taken to some ...

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

... . After meeting my cousin at the airport in Los Angeles (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 ...

An even hotter sauna
Feb 11, 2009

... ; All the school children wear uniform - the girls' dresses and the boys' sarongs being the same colour and pattern.  Tonga is another very religious country.  Christianity is the main religion but their are a lot of mormon temples.  When ...

Nuku'alofa
Jan 19, 2001

Tonga - Discovered by Captain Cook!

Nuku Island, Tonga
Aug 10, 2007 (45 photos)

... wasn't, and so he did).  So, that is how I made my way back again to Hilltop Hotel in the beautiful Kingdom of Tonga! Now, arriving at the hotel was a slightly strange experience for me, as I was still a bit dazed by the whole journey here.& ...

Cyber Sails
Feb 15, 2006

After four days of foul weather, we have our first fair one.  Translation... Time to get outdoors and have some fun in the sun. We spent the day sailing aboard Cyber.  Exploring the islands around Vava'u, we had a glorious day of ...

Little Tonga is the only flat South Pacific island
Feb 18, 2008

Nuku A'Lofa, Tonga After the rocky, volcanic cliffs and mountains of the other Polynesian islands, Tonga was unexpectedly as flat as Norfolk (though much sunnier). Oddly enough, everything about this charming, sleepy island reminded me of my childhood in ...

Mala Beach Resort
Feb 11, 2006

Today we went to the Mala Beach Resort to swim and lunch.  We drove down to a beach where we were met by a boat that took us across the lagoon to the small island that Mala Resort is on.  It is beautiful....me thinks that is going to be a word you see often ...

Tonga
Aug 19, 2007

... every other day. You see how happy these people are without the need of western influance. I had the most amazing holiday there and would go back in a moment. If you like beaches sun surf and culture without the posh hotels i highly recomond tonga!!!!

Tonga - the friendly kingdom
Oct 1, 2008 (2 photos)

... sudden lose an entire day. We left Samoa on the 1st of October at 6 am and the flight was 1 hour long. We arrived in Tonga 25 hours later - October 2nd at 7:00 am.  Weird. It is quite different atmosphere here. It is a flat, coral island, without ...

Hi Everyone!
Jul 31, 2009 (37 photos)

This is my first time on this blog/website but am hoping to explore more on this 'exciting' website. Would really appreciate any advices/tips from anyone, so that I can enjoy this website to its full. Thanks in advance!

Sunburns a buggar!
Sep 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Hello once again - we are getting ready for tea and tonight we have decided to have pizza and pasta, all of us have had evening showers hoping to wash the sting of the sunburn away :) (planning on wearing rashies tomorrow!) Today was a pleasant 25'C ...