Otuhaka Beach Resort Tongatapu

... villages.
Hello is "malo e lelei" and for the rest most locals speak decent English.
Only regrets: not seeing the king and his court during Sunday mass as per the good advice from my friend Gianmaria (my flight schedule here was complicated) and not being able to swim with humpback whales (only spot in the planet for doing so) cuz it was a bit early in the season.

... do on a Sunday! Tuesday 15th July This morning both of us went on Toni's tour around the Island. He taught us alot about the produce they grow there, such as yams etc and showed us a double headed coconut tree! We saw blow holes and even got a glimpse of a Whale Calf breaching the water! Toni then took us to both Captain Cooks and Abel Tasmans landing sites. We also went to the beginning of time! Back at Toni's we got our stuff together as were were flying out to Samoa.

... the surf breaks, until the surge convinced us that it was not a great place to be, and we headed back to the still waters inside the reef wall. The corals had been decimated in a cyclone a few years ago, but there were many fish and bright blue starfish. Rick spotted a lionfish lurking under a rock. I braved the cold showers to clean off, and returned to the sun to dry off. The resort owners announced that the kitchen would be closed that night (we ...

... pulled out the gyb so we could pretend we were sailing (with the motor huffing away in the background). Fafa soon appeared before us, a vision of pale gold sand rising out of the turquoise reef. We soon donned masks and fins, and jumped in to explore the pretty coral gardens, populated by colourful fish and the occasional anemone. Lunch was beautiful, and we accompained it with a cocktail in a coconut. After toasting on the each for a while as we digested, we hopped ...

... built about 1200AD, as a way of tracking the solstices. I could still see the casts left by ancient corals. As the sun began to lower, we continued on the coast road, through plantations of banana, taro and palm trees. The road soon became a track, full of ever-deeper potholes which threatened to eat the car. As the sky darkened, it increasingly felt like we were in some bizarre video game as livestock, pedestrians, huge holes and ...

... Ca y est, on tient le bon bout, on a passe une journee -presque- sans couille, l'avenir est radieux !! Le lendemain, re-plongee, et direction le Mariner's cafe, ou nous avons rendez-vous avec Soni, le proprio de la guesthouse de l'ile d'a cote, a 16h, pour qu'il nous emmene en bateau... a 19h toujours personne, il fait nuit noire, c'est mort, on est deprime !! Le lendemain c'est dimanche, dans ce pays tres catho y'a rien qui fonctionne (deja les autres jours...), on est ...

... Meidat majoitettiin Air Pacificin laskuun International Dateline Hotelliin, ja Air Pacific tarjosi myos ruoat hotellin ravintolassa. Ne eivat kylla olleet haappoiset. Huominen aamulento vahvistettiin lopulta kuuden aikoihin. Siihen asti jannitimme, etta mahdummeko edes huomiselle lennolle. Nyt nayttaa silta, etta olemme Fijilla huomenna. No, oli tassa paivassa jotain hyvaakin ...

... lunch and had a wander around the Talamahu market, buying gifts and keepsakes including traditional hand carved shell bracelets and bone necklaces reminiscent of the maori jade necklaces; carrying similar meanings behind their various shapes. We walked back in the rain and decided it was high time to brace ourselves for a nice cold shower... our first since arriving in Tonga!!! Alex looked over the shower curtain to see a fellow guest perving on her ...

Dear All, I am not doing a Sales Pitch but trying to introduce The World to Tonga. A Place I fell in Love with and Cherish and is worst to know. As I say It is An Accidental Destination. Tonga is in The Pacific, Polynesia, Not far from Fiji. What People Know about Tonga is - It is a Kingdom, It is The Only Place where you can Swim with Whales and They Play Rugby. But Tonga is More than That. It is Diverse in Scenery ...