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Photos from Vava'u, Tonga, Oceania - page 7

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Mad Man of the Rock
School girls Waiting for the king
Moon Rise on our first night
Our Fale
The king of Tonga
Leaving the airport. Note the wheelchairs waiting for the flight to arrive.
My poor attempt at growing a beard over the week that I was in Tonga
Island was so small the airport disected the island in two, which ment the roads had to be blocked when we landed and took off
Small isalnd
Landing at a small island as a detour on the way back to the main island
Road back to the airport
another 7/11
A fruit showed up to the library fundraiser event.
Cricket game in the mud.
Our fale on the morning of departure
More scenes
scenes from the market
Market in vava'u
More typical housing
Dog that's seen better days
I say goodbye to the girl that will know no more than island life.
Time for the family to ship out
The boat arrives
Vava'u town as seen from the waterfront
Another group waiting for a differnet ferry
Another shot of the family
Local family waiting for their ferry.
Scuba diving day
We got suckered into going to a fundraiser that turned out to be more like a bad wedding reception
local dish - raw fish with a mayo/lemo dressing.
Another one of those neighborhood 7/11's
Typical Tongan Home
The local faces in the crowd.
Street party
Tongan King Party Boat
Close up of the resort island.
Small island with a great resort.
The cave.
Our whale again.
Our whale
Hunting for the whale.
The ill boaty
More island photos
Island photos while whaling.
I partied with the military and royalty.
Another loser posing on the beach.
Me acting like a loser.
Weird wormy thing
Blue starfish
Shells on the beach
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Brief history of Tonga
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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...more history

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