Monday, October 5, 2009

Trip to Tonga day 7

We went on a bike ride in the morning and rode
around some different villages and then down to
the blow holes.
Here you can see the water coming through the
blow holes all the way down the coast
This is when the water is calm
You can see it starting to come through the
holes below
Then it just shoots out. It is hard to tell
from these pictures, but it is so beautiful to see.
The sign appears to be pretty new
The women all walk around with umbrellas
to block themselves from the sun
The health care center
We gave these kids some skittles. Notice the kid
holding the CD's. These are his toys. He was
rolling them down the street. They run over
and say "bye, bye, I love you" They do not beg
or ask for anything. I am sure it is because
Tonga doesn't have any tourists.
The village church
A farm
Below is what it looks like all over. It reminds
me of "Where the wild things are"

Notice the Mathematical Instruments, and yes,
we bought it for Simon
This is the only store near my parents that you
can walk into. It is the big store. All the rest
are concrete buildings that have just a couple of
shelves and you point to what you want.
No, she is not pushing anyone in the wheelchair
it is her walker
Someone selling bananas
They just had them hanging out front
Then my dad took us to the "land bridge"
You can see where the water is coming
underneath.
This is just above the land bridge



We then drove down to another beach. Below
is a typical cemetery.
They decorate the graves with old beer bottles
and sea shells
This grave is more elaborate
This was a beautiful beach.
We gathered a ton of sea shells. A lot still
had crabs living in them.
There were a lot of trees like this in this area


This car was in someone's yard. It had plants
growing out of it.
Kids playing some ping pong
This area is always flooded

We saw a lot of old boats like this, just sitting
out in the water.
Tongan flag
At the pier playing ball
Selling some fruit
What is Kentucky?

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