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With Neil still recovering from the jet-lag we had a relaxed day again today not particularly doing a lot, but Chris and I being King and Queen of relaxation it didn’t worry us and we happily wasted away the day chatting with other guests staying at Toni’s, so although not a lot occurred we...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 6, 2012 from Nuku'alofa, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

NEIL'S HERE

Peter, Toni’s driver had said to us we could sneak into the minibus that was driving to the airport to collect Neil and by sneak we mean not pay the transfer fee so we woke up early, showered and got ready to get a phone call from Peter to say that Toni would be driving to the airport instead. ...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 5, 2012 from Nuku'alofa, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Back to Tongatapu

Lee picked us up at midday today and took us to Isi’s House where we ate our last lunch in Vava’u which was a tasty fish curry shared with Isi’s family. After spending 22 hours up at the House it was a sad goodbye with Ofa and Moni, Isi’s parents who were even crying as we left. We’ll miss...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 4, 2012 from Nuku'alofa, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Spit-roast suckling pig

Our last day in paradise was spent relaxing, with Chris having a bit of a fish and a very long snorkel. In the evening was our leaving dinner and we were having spit roast babe – the only problem was that babe was alive when he arrived, so Chris took on the manly job of dispatching...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 3, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Chris finally manged to catch some fish

Isi’s parents came down this morning, one to see us and another to see how the guesthouse is coming along. So Chris and I kept Isi’s mother (Ofa) entertained by going out and collecting mussels and other shells and some yucky-looking things to eat. We were out for ages and ages and we did...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 2, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

A nice chill day

Had a nice lazy morning, I read my book whilst Chris worked on Lee’s website offline. Chris went for an unsuccessful fish again and then borrowed one of the staff’s kayak to play about in for a couple of hours. Then went to see the family again in the evening to be informed that they had...

permalink written by  chrischarly on May 1, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Poorly Chris

Went to town this morning to get logged on as this was the first opportunity we had to get connected since the earthquake on Saturday and as we don’t have a phone yet, we were worried that our families couldn’t get in touch. But it looks like the earthquake didn’t hit the news as we didn’t have...

permalink written by  chrischarly on April 30, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

To church and a tour of the island

We decided to join the family this morning and go to church as this is what almost all Tongans do every Sunday. But before church began we went down and drank some Kava at 9am with some of the local men- a tradition before and after the service. Afetr church we went back to the family home and...

permalink written by  chrischarly on April 29, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

EARTHQUAKE!!

There was a lot going on at the beach today with the builder working on the furniture for our Fale, so everyone was busy. Chris fixed the tap and silconed the kitchen and also found time to make a swing for the kids whilst I cleaned out both shower heads for the fales. In between Chris and I...

permalink written by  chrischarly on April 28, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

Chris being arty

Chris decided to Surprise Lee and Isi with a little flower display in the morning, quite arty for him really! After this he sat down in the office he had built to help Lee draw up plans for the restaurant Fale. Today was exciting as we were going to meet Isi’s family (wife Martha and son...

permalink written by  chrischarly on April 27, 2012 from Three Little Birds, Tonga
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop

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