The Friendly Islander Hotel Nuku'alofa

... laughing. Poor Cammy wanted to build another sand castle but......... batteries went flat..... needed to recharge, so he didn't. We laughed when we found out that when your family dog gets too old, dog stew! beats paying for Vet eh<br><br>well off to Vava'u tomorrow, Neaty and the guys are doing their own thing and I will be doing my Cert dive!<br><br>till tomorrow Night<br><br>J5

... booking agent, only to be told they no longer exist and we should try Air NZ (Now I KNOW Air NZ don't fly interisland), as it turns out they do operate a booking agency for Chatham Pacific, and we got a dude to sort out all our flights in the islands, then got ourselves onto a half island tour, which took us to the east of the island to captain cook's landing place; the trilithon (a 1200AD coral replica of the Stonehenge - sort of) ; a ...

... of walking there was still no signs of the rock garden. Guy and I spotted some locals and asked for directions, we were told it was another 2 miles away. I thought that it didn't sound too bad it's just like walking twice round the block at Nan and Granddads. We carried on walking then, after about 2 mins the local man and his wife picked us up and drove us there, showed us around, then drove us back to where we were staying. We had a take away for dinner but it ...

... bien niveau bouffe !! Le lendemain... rien !! Ca y est, on est en mode glandouille tongaise, en plus la nuit a ete agitee, entre chants religieux tongais jour et nuit pour un enterrement dans la maison d'a cote (tres jolis au demeurant, mais ca fait faire des reves etranges), chiens qui accompagnent les chants, travaux BTP a 2 heures du matin (mais qu'est-ce qu'ils foutes a marteler cette tole ?), et coqs a 4 heures du mat (c'est pas l'heure Michel !!). On ne sait toujours pas ...

... the temperature increased into the eighties. During Saturday morning me and Mary had to meet with immigration officers from New Zealand. They checked our passports and asked about our travel plans. Everything was in order, so we can leave the ship after all. Saturday night was a formal black and white and we attended the Portunus cocktail party chatting and drinking with our friends Ron and Doreen. After the party it was to be our last evening meal ...

... kuin aiempina paivina, mutta se voi muuttua hetkessa. Eivat nama tuulet viela syklonia vastaa - silloin ei kuulemma edes kaveltaisi ulkona. Kyseessa on vain trooppinen matalapaine, joka liikkuu kohti Fijia. Ja saattaa kehittya sykloniksi sopivasti siihen mennessa, kun me saavumme sinne ensi maanantaina. Eilen illalla kokeilimme Toni's Guesthousessa kavaa, polynesialaista taikajuomaa. Se naytti ja ...

... New Zealand and Fiji. We walked past the British High Commission just in the nick of time and stood by as the High Commissioner was escorted in a black cabby by Army and Police guards to take a meeting. On the circuit back to the centre of town we stopped off at Nuku'alofa Post Office where there was an extensive collection of stamps dating back to 1950's. There was even a strip of stamps that marked the Royal Succession of Kings and the Queen Salote of ...

... but all good.... (tad eccentric).. The guesthouse owners had already given us a beautiful Tongan lunch and then brought us to a chinese restaurant for dinner which was good.. and pretty much the only place open on a sunday. After breakfast on monday me karl and paul took a good walk around and hit the billfish bar for the day.. we had already lost Brad who seemed content to have his own holiday and just turned up every now and then. There are well over a 100 islands that ...

Ihmeellisen paljon oli hyttysiä tänä yönä ja juuri kun meinasi nukahtaa, niin alkoi korvan vieressä inisemään, todella ärsyttävää!!! Ilmeisesti huono sää sai hyttyset todella vihaisiksi ja agressiiviseksi. Kaikenlisäksi kuultiin jotain todella omituisia ääniä pitkin yötä ja muutamaan kertaan piti käydä ihan ikkunalla tsekkaamassa, että mitäs ihmettä? Tämän viikon aikana on muutenkin moneen kertaan pelästytty kaikkia omituisia, joskin varmasti täysin normaaleja ...

... paljon tarjolla. Ilmeisesti tännekin on joku Aasialainen meitä ennen ehtinyt, sillä löydettiin olutpullo, jossa oli jotain alkukantaisia, omituisia extraterrestiaalisia merkkejä. Mutta, ei hätää! Niin kuin historiasta tiedämme ei Länsimaat mitään Aasialaisten tai muiden villi-ihmisten seilailuja paljon noteeraa, joten saari kuuluu ilmanmuuta edelleen Suomelle! :-) Kaikille Saksalaisille tai muille, joilta huumorintaju on ...