Trip to Tonga day 6

We aren't quite sure why they decided to cover

up the t on the word Paint. This is the side of

the hardware store.

This is a drive by view of the hospital. This is

the only hospital in Tonga. If people get really

sick on other islands they have to travel to this

hospital. It looks like it has been abandoned for

the past 30 years. We did a tour of the hospital

a couple days after this, which I will post later.

You can enlarge this photo above to read about

the site below. It is what they compare to Stone hedge.

No one is sure how they moved this large stone

or what it was used for.

This part of town had a ton of pigs wandering around.

Trip to Tonga day 5

About a week before we left on our trip we

decided that we needed to spend a night away

on a secluded island. There are a million little

islands that make up Tonga and Europeans will

open up resorts on the islands. We found one

that is on an island about a 20 minute boat

ride from my parents island. We flew back late

from Vava'u and in the morning we caught our boat

to the island Fafa. It is a tiny island that only has

the resort on it.

The food being transported to Fafa

Notice the guy behind Dave, he is steering the

boat with his feet.

Here you can see the little islands out in the distance.

Fafa as we approach

This is the backyard looking onto our Fale.

They made the fale very authentic. They were

beautiful. Everything was woven very traditionally.

They brought us yummy fruit drinks to our place

when we arrived.

This is our bathroom. Outside is the shower.

close up of the shower.

This is a guest room/Reading room

Looking out to the beach from our place

These birds were all over. They are from New Zealand.

I thought they were really neat. They also had parrots and

other exotic birds. At night it was a different story. It was so

loud we barely slept.

Relaxing on the hammock. We slept or read most

of the day.

Entrance to our Fale

This pathway leads you on to the

"bush walk"

This is the table where we ate all of our meals.

Saying goodbye to Fafa. Probably the most

relaxing and beautiful place I have or will ever

go to.

Trip to Tonga day 4

This day was one of the most exciting and

memorable days of my life, and for sure of the trip

My dad set up a trip our 2nd day in Vava'u to go

on a whale watching boat. I was excited to see

the whales while on the boat.

A mormon church we saw while on the boat

The man waving on the dock owns and runs this

resort on a small island. The resort is called Treasure

Island and I heard there was a Survivor that was

filmed here.

As soon as we were out riding around we soon

saw many whales in the water. Some other people

were putting on wet suits and the owner of the

boat asked if we wanted to get in and swim

with the whales. I said I was fine just watching

them from the boat.

I quickly changed my mind as people were coming

back to the boat telling about what they saw.

This picture is proof that I looked pretty while

swimming with the whales.

We would find the whales and then they would

stop the boat and we would jump into the water

and swim out. The water was so clear you could see 50 ft

in all directions. You just looked down and the

whales would be swimming underneath you.

It was amazing. If you enlarge the picture above

this you will see my flipper. We were able to get

so close to the whales.

I was in the water when this happened. This whale

had just swam past me and then jumped out of

the water.

the light blue, smooth area is where the whale is.

We also saw a bunch of dolphins. They were

swimming all around the boat.

We ate lunch on this uninhabited island. The lunch

tasted horrible, but it was beautiful.

My dad has been in this cave.

The resort we stayed at from the ocean view.

The boat crew.