Malo, The highlight of my visit to the Kingdom of Tonga has been my trip up to Vava'u, the northern group of Islands, about 180 nautical miles further north of Tongatapu. Dad is managing a new airline - Chathams Pacific, the friendly islands airline - which flies domesticaly throughout Tonga. I of course needed to inspect these services, so took a trip up to Vava'u for 3 nights. Vava'u is a sailers paradise; with a group of islands, deep water ways, a sheltered and protected harbour called the Port of Refuge, and crystal clear blue water. I would describe it to New Zealander's as a tropical Marlborough Sounds. I was staying in the main centre of Neiafu at a guest house called The Soveriegn Residence. It was the former residence of a Princess and sits above
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