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Arrival, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

Arrival

A travel blog entry by thewanderlust

Greeted by barefoot running children, dogs and unpaved roads... I'm ...

tin tin's adventures in tonga, Mounu, Tonga travel blog

tin tin's adventures in tonga

A travel blog entry by horizon_chaser

... neck in the middle of the night, I decided to move on.  I hopped aboard a plane and landed in the Kingdom of Tonga (as it proclaims in big gold letters at the "international" airport).  I went to the bustling capital of Nuku'alofa and proceeded ...

Living like a king in the South Pacific, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

Living like a king in the South Pacific

A travel blog entry by kzecchini

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Our primary mission in Tonga was to coordinate the renovation of an existing Community Center which was built by the U.S. Army a few years earlier. Once we were in country, we were approached by several community leaders and government officials who asked ...

A lazy day at Tongan Beach Resort, Utangake Island, Tonga travel blog

A lazy day at Tongan Beach Resort

A travel blog entry by medicalwanderer

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After last nights shenanigans we all felt pretty hung over this morning and was not up for doing much so we walked into town and asked around to find a beach resort to go to. Lisa at Tropicana set us up with a taxi for Tongan Beach Resort on ...

Our house is now a home!, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

Our house is now a home!

A travel blog entry by benandbj

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After living out of a suitcase for far too long, our removal finally made it to Tonga. It was due to turn up 2 weeks earlier, however they took it off the boat in Fiji and forgot to put it back on, so we had to wait for the next ship to collect it. Our ...

(m)Ein letzter Arbeitstag auf Tonga, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

(m)Ein letzter Arbeitstag auf Tonga

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... schon grau bewölkt, nur 22 Grad kühl. Immer noch warm genug um in kurzer Hose und T-Shirt rum zu rennen. In 5 Wochen Tonga hatte ich nie etwas anderes an. Im Moment kann ich mir auch nur schwer vorstellen meine kurzen Sachen am Montag gegen Jeans und ...

Erster schöner Arbeitstag auf Tonga, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Erster schöner Arbeitstag auf Tonga

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... dem Abendbrot setzte sich Sven zu Maxi und mir an den Tisch. Er erzählte uns einige interessante Geschichten über das Leben auf Tonga und deren Wandeln in den letzten Jahren. Es ist total anders, als in Neuseeland, geschweige denn in Deutschland. Es war ...

A Day Of Swimming With The Whales, Vava'u, Tonga travel blog

A Day Of Swimming With The Whales

A travel blog entry by jenandjeff

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Tonga is one of the only places in the world where swimming with humpback whales is possible. Many people come here just to experience this "mind blowing" experience. So, on the calmest day in the past few weeks (timed since Jennifer gets very seasick), ...

Der Montagsmaler, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Der Montagsmaler

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... aus dem Brunnen schlabbern. Vorsichtshalber deckten Sven und ich den Springbrunnen mit einer Folie ab. Solche Geschichten gehören hier auf Tonga zum Alltag. Mittlerweile habe ich mich dran gewöhnt, denk mir nur noch meinen Teil und mache meine Arbeit so ...

Vava'u to Ha'apai, Ha'apai, Tonga travel blog

Vava'u to Ha'apai

A travel blog entry by jenandjeff

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We got a late checkout and took our time packing for our flight over to Ha'apai. We had to carry four seasons of clothes and gear with us (a much needed collection of the extremes of South Pacific island weather and Nepal’s mountain treks) so we ...

World circumnavigation, San Francisco, Auckland, Brisbane, Singapore, Izmir, Gibralt, Tonga travel blog

World circumnavigation

A travel blog entry by asailor

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Tonga - the Kingdom in the pacific, Tonga, Tonga travel blog

Tonga - the Kingdom in the pacific

A travel blog entry by jazzandjiggre

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... in der Nähe des Flughafens verbracht und sind dann früh morgens in unseren Flieger in die Sonne gestiegen. Die Ankunft in Tonga und der kleine Spaziergang übers Rollfeld hat einen schon mal komplett auf die Situation in Tonga eingestellt: Hier läuft ...

Snorkeling for two and the most beautiful weather, Ha'apai, Tonga travel blog

Snorkeling for two and the most beautiful weather

A travel blog entry by jenandjeff

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... in the crystal clear water. The sunset was quite beautiful and it topped off one of the best days that we’ve had in Tonga so far. At night, lit by a full moon, we followed Darren with some guests to see some ancient petroglyphs that were recently ...

Palangi Police and East Side Tour, Vava'u, Tonga travel blog

Palangi Police and East Side Tour

A travel blog entry by jenandjeff

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... where we were to leave for a tour of the islands on the east side of Vava'u. We had called some Palangis (foreigners living in Tonga) a few days before who ran the trips, and they assured us that the trips ran daily at 9:30am, even on Sundays. Sundays in ...

bye, Bangkok, Tonga travel blog

bye

A travel blog entry by samreshkrr

bye ...

Apr 06, 2012, Tongatapu, Tonga travel blog

Apr 06, 2012

A travel blog entry by lisa_nz

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Tropische Temeraturen bringen mich um den Schlaf, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Tropische Temeraturen bringen mich um den Schlaf

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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Verflixt nochmal bin ich gestern schlecht eingeschlafen. Dass ich um 23:00 Uhr ins Bett gegangen bin war, hätte ich mir sparen können. Noch zur Geisterstunde wälzte ich mich hin und her. Eine so schwüle Nacht hatte ich hier noch nie. Die Luft war zum ...

Tropischer Regen, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Tropischer Regen

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... . Für den gesunden Zahn eine weitere Hälfte Papaya. Auch wenn es grau bewölkt war, wollte ich heute das erste Mal auf Tonga schnorcheln gehen. Die Tage zuvor war es immer zu wellig. Heuete hielten sich die Wellen in Zaum. Dafür war das Wasser nicht so ...

Ein Arbeitstag auf Tonga, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Ein Arbeitstag auf Tonga

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... und herzieht, überhöre ich nun schon. Ich kann es einfach nicht mehr hören.  Verstehen schon gar nicht. 23 Jahre auf Tonga so unzufrieden leben. Das ist für mich kein Leben. Aber das ihr Brei. Nur kann ich die Angestellten verstehen, wenn sie ...

Erstes kurzes Wochenende auf Tonga, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Erstes kurzes Wochenende auf Tonga

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... 00Schneider ziehen nun davon. Aber es bleiben noch 7 spannende Spieltage. Außerdem erfuhr ich dass der Zeitunterschied zwischen Neuseeland/Tonga und Deutschland auf 11 Stunden geschmolzen ist. Während ich im Internet surfte, kam Sven kurz auf mich zu ...

139 AND COUNTING- TONGA TAPU & MERRY KIRITIMATI, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

139 AND COUNTING- TONGA TAPU & MERRY KIRITIMATI

A travel blog entry by hardiek

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Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie ...

What has Tonga got to offer?, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

What has Tonga got to offer?

A travel blog entry by theglasses

We will find out... A king, for a start. ...

Tonga, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

Tonga

A travel blog entry by swimmerchick

... i had seen some amazing things and culture so different that home back in canada. That was all until i went to the amazing kingdom of Tonga! I got off the plane and thought where am i? i did not feel as if i was in the same world. i havent been to very ...

eine andere Welt, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

eine andere Welt

A travel blog entry by babsmats

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6 Uhr: Flug auf die Hauptinsel von Tonga. erster Eindruck von Tonga: gemütliche, dicke Leute; sehr alte/schäbige Autos - 40 km/h Geschwindigkeitslimit auf der gesamten Insel, kein Tourismus morgen in der früh haben wir einen Charterflug auf eine der ...

November update, Nuku'alofa, Tonga travel blog

November update

A travel blog entry by benandbj

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It's been a busy month with some fun things happening most weekends. As I've written about previously, the kids participate in a "Aquathlon" each Saturday afternoon. Up until now they've been working as a team, but this month saw them do the event as ...

Ein unvergesslicher, polynesischer Abend, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Ein unvergesslicher, polynesischer Abend

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... mit Schokokuchen von dem hübschen, tongaischen Mädel, Lina. Was will man(n) mehr?! Diesen Abend werde ich in Erinnerung an Tonga in mein Gedächtnis einbrennen. Doch wie jeder schöner Abend, fand auch dieser ein Ende. Gegen 22:15 Uhr fuhr Richi uns ...

tonga, Nuku alofa, Tonga travel blog

tonga

A travel blog entry by becli

sds ...

ohhhhhh what a night!, Tonga, Tuvalu travel blog

ohhhhhh what a night!

A travel blog entry by jacksons5

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what a night!, had to add an hour to the time, so we went to bed a 1am, Dyls decided it was time to get up at 2am, Cam had a night terror and cry most of the night then fall into a deep sleep at 6am onwards. I got up at 8am and went and got everyone ...

Nuku Alofa, Nuku, Tonga travel blog

Nuku Alofa

A travel blog entry by rrybij

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DAY 33 (Nuku Alofa)   As we approached this beautiful island, it was still cloudy and extremely humid. Mary spotted some Turtles swimming alongside the ship as we docked. As we disembarked for our organised trip we were welcomed by a brass band ...

Ein Tag ohne Arbeit, Ha'atafu Beach, Tonga travel blog

Ein Tag ohne Arbeit

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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Heute schellte mein Wecker wieder etwas eher. Aber das hatte seinen Grund. In wenigen Minuten würde ich wieder meine Familie anskypen. So stand ich gegen 7:00 Uhr auf. Machte mich frisch und ging in das Restaurant. Bis „Papa" sich in meiner ...

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