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Oceans and Seas » Pacific
December 18th 2008

Published: January 24th 2009

Travelling from one paradise, Samoa, to another, Tonga, meant crossing the freaken date line again, getting a little bit confused on the days now.. Except this time we actually lost a whole day and arrived 1 day to late to meet our friend Øystein…yess, we’re catching up to celebrate his birthday, Christmas & New Years in the beautiful Pacific islands of Tonga. Arriving the main island of To... Read Full Entry

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Foa - Ha'apai

Børre's funny world

Shark dive - Ha'apai

Divers descending to 15-20m

Shark dive - Ha'apai

Børre still looking for sharks

Shark dive - Ha'apai

White tip reef shark..Awesome!!

Shark dive - Ha'apai

White tip reef shark..Awesome!!

Shark dive - Ha'apai

Børre's funny underwater world

Shark dive - Ha'apai

Some of the fish & corals we saw while diving

Foa - Ha'apai

Snorkelling outside Matafonua

Foa - Ha'apai

Snorkelling outside Matafonua

Foa - Ha'apai

Sunset

Foa - Ha'apai

Happy New Year!!

Foa - Ha'apai

New Years eve; bonfire at the beach

Ha'apai

The main road to town crossed the airstrip, sooooo we had to wait for a plane to take-off before continuing..ha ha, love this place!!

Pangai - Ha'apai

Ha'apai's main town..NOT the biggest in the world.

Foa - Ha'apai

Our Fale (bungalow) at Matafonua lodge

Foa - Ha'apai

Some of the creatures around our Fale

Ha'apai - Tongatapu

The "great" plane from the fifties..,at least it WILL land, but where?? Shaking, overheated and over booked, meaning Øystein the lucky bastard got to sit in the cocpit..

Tongatapu

Closing up to Tongatapu (main island) from Samoa. Love the pacific arrival with singing and flowers around the neck. You know you're in paradise when that happens.

Nuku'alofa

Tonga's capitol

Nuku'alofa

Billfish became our favorite restaurant/bar.. Sail fish trophies on the wall

Nuku'alofa

The "big"pool at Heilala Holiday Lodge

24th January 2009

Oyster
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Great Blog
Hi, just finish reading your blog. Great stuff, it's almost as I was there myself.

29th September 2010

Halamehi
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MY ROOTS
omg the beach in foa is so nice cant wait to go swimming there lols

1st April 2012

Brad
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St Mary's Cathedral Nuku'Alofa
The church in the photo is the Free Weslyan Church, not St Mary's Cathedral.

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