Much like our first day, our final day in Tonga started in the dark, check in for our 45min flight from Ha’apai to Tongatapu was at 6.30am. All was going well until we got the causeway. As I mentioned earlier, it is barely above sea level and the night before a large swell had hit and the one lane causeway …
Tonga – Day 5
Though we weren’t at the beach, Friday was one of the most special days of the trip. Two of the cooks at the resort, Betsy and Latu told us about how Ha’apai would be grinding to a halt on Friday as it was Sports Day – the 6 or so primary schools were having the Athletics Day at Ha’apai High. …
Tonga – Day 4
Thursday was the hottest and most beautiful day thus far. Not a cloud in the sky, and we made the most of it. We were swimming by 8.30am! Ethan had made friends with a lovely little guy called Harrison who kindly lent him his inflatable boat, so we all just hung out, snorkled, and got really brown! We had an …
Tonga – Day 3
On Wednesday Dave set up one of the fabulous beachcrusiers with the toddler seat and we set of to explore the islands. This is a great map showing the Ha’apai group of islands which are located in the middle of The Kingdom of Tonga. Tongatapu is to the south and the island chain of Vava’u is to the north. …
Tonga – Day 1
After a very early start (4am) amidst the worst rainstorm Auckland had seen since last winter, we were on the plane and Ethan was enjoying the first marvelous wonder of our Tongan holiday – “breakfast on a plane, how strange!”. It was a short easy flight, 2.5 hrs to Tongatapu, the main island in the Tongan Kingdom. In what we …
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