Tonga Part 2: Vava'u

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September 8th 2008

Published: September 15th 2008

Well this post has taken much longer than expected to get up here. I'll keep the text short and leave you to the photos. Vava'u was the treat of the trip. I got to bike through jungle trails, swim with humpback whales, go diving and lounge around on the beach. This island is off the tourist track and I really enjoyed it. I've enrolled in a gym boot camp as part of a marketing stunt for my offi... Read Full Entry

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Donavin Wick

Call 2 Adventure

I wish I had discovered this blog years ago. I did the mass email update for my previous adventures (United States and Europe) and now have no online documentation to share with fellow travelers. To the chagrin of some friends and family wanderlust has struck again. I managed to stay focused for nearly a year and a half in a job related to my college education, however the desire to travel has grown strong again and can no longer be suppressed. I have secured a 12 month Visa for New Zealand and hope to document this adventure for posterity, or at least the life of the TravelBlog. Enj... full info

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Isolated white sand beach

Beach looking the other direction

Mad Man of the Rock

We climbed a boulder that was 40 feet out of the water and 30 feet out into the surf.

I've climbe the rock of the sea

Shells on the beach

I collected a handful to bring back to NZ. Turns out one of the pieces I collected was "brain coral" which was confiscated from me by customs.

Blue starfish

Weird wormy thing

Me acting like a loser.

Another loser posing on the beach.

More beach shots.

More beach photos

I partied with the military and royalty.

We came accross a local street party off the beaten path. We hung out on the outside watching. In no time at all the host invited us to join in. Turns out we were throwing back beers with the General of the Tongan Army and rubbing shoulders with drunk royalty.

The morning we hunted whales

Leaving for a day of hunting with my harpoon ready.

Tongan Beach Resort

The islands are dotted with these playpens for the holiday makers.

Island photos while whaling.

More island photos

The ill boaty

Hunting for the whale.

At the last moment when all seemed lost we found our whales. We were more than a mile out from land in the open ocean.

Our whale

Our whale again.

The cave.

Our boat pulled into the sea cave and we went swimming while the capatin ate lunch.

15th September 2008

Olga Hazen
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Sure glad your taking out time to enjoy life.
Sure enjoy your blog.Can't travel any more so you do it for us.

22nd July 2009

lanuola
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sure vavau is a alsome place to visit and take the holidays to got their

14th August 2009

Arthur Rozynski
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Tongan beer
Looking for my collection Tongan beer labels and beer coasters. Have you any for sale or exchange? Greetings Arthur

4th February 2011

moala fifita
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miss my work
can't wait to come back there

19th August 2012

Kuli
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His name
Alamoti Tautakitaki of Hunga Vava'u. He was one of my teachers at Tonga College in the early 1980s. Very good man. He is heavy involved in community projects for the outer islands in the Kingdom.

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