Nuku'alofa

The Kingdom of Tonga!

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May 29th 2012
29th May ‘12 – 2nd June ‘12 The Kingdom of Tonga! We landed at Nuku’alofa airport at 10.30pm and were led to the duty free shop – turns out this is the cheapest duty free in the whole of the South Pacific so after the ridiculous price in Sydney, which meant I didn’t buy any I dived in to get some cigarettes. We were met by a lovely guy called Peter (with an unfortunate cauliflower gr ... read more

Oceania » Tonga » Tongatapu

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The archipelago of "The Friendly Islands" was united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. It became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900. Tonga acquired its independence in 1970 and became a member of the Commonwealth of... ... read more