Vegetable market in Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
A Tongan grave |
Blow holes |
The Tongan King's residence |
The Royal Palace |
Clamming with their
bare feet |
The pigs run free |
Traditional Tonga wear |
Greeting Mike and Jan Brenny, Tom and Nancy McClernon, Brian and Marlene McDonald and Den and Peg Stulc |
Cam fighting a 125 pound Marlin on light tackle |
Mike lands his first fish |
Peg caught a wahoo |
Whales are everywhere |
Jan landed a tuna head |
Molly released her skip jack at the boat |
Trolling for Marlin |
Den lands a Mahi Mahi |
Tom diving in Vava'u, Tonga |
Incredible diving in Vava'u, Tonga |
More diving in Vava'u, Tonga |
Diving through underwater caves |
Tom and Den at the Princess's villa in Vava'u |
Den and Peg |
Tonga feast at the Princess's villa |
Feasting on suckling pig |
Twin school children demonstrating native Tonga dance |
Brave young men preparing for war with neighboring islands |
Molly applies to adopt a Tonga child |
String band with their bowl of kava |
Three tuna on at once! |
Den caught the largest one |
Mike bringing in a yellowfin |
Cam catching bait!
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Bidding farewell to the Brenny's, McDonald's, Stulc's and McClernon's. It was a fun packed week. |
Our hospitality agent in Vava'u, Gray! |
The inter-island airlines |
Derek and Sue, our agents in Tonga - also the managers of Air New Zealand's Tonga operation |
Our guests from October 20-27: Nancy and Tom McClernon, Marlene and Brian McDonald, Peg and Den Stulc, and Jan and Mike Brenny |
Arriving at the Major Wager |
Katie, our chief stew |
Tom and Molly's suite |
Jeremy giving a safety brief |
Chief Engineer - Mark |
Den getting football scores |
Fishing mates |
Cam fighting a Marlin on light tackle. The tackle held up - but the Marlin dove hundreds of feet and spooled the reel |
Brenny becoming a soprano |
More bait! |
Whales are everywhere |
Whales visited out boat |
How is Den doing with retirement? |
Peg vs. a Wahoo |
Mac and the Tahitian drum |
Cocktail Entertainment |
Master Chef Martha |
Going fishing with Jeremy and Cam |
Afternoon sun |
Kate serving the drink of the day |
"When you see the Southern Cross for the first time..." |
Vava'u, Tonga |
A sailing paradise |
Tonga's only botanical garden |
The making of tapa |
Vanilla beans |
Traditional Tonga dress |
Life is good |
Mac and Marlene |
Jan won the first game of cribbage |
Special wine for this week's adventure |
Caves |
A day at the beach |
Clear bottom canoe |
Pub crawling in Vava'u |
Diving in the underwater caves |
Vava'u |
Mike and Jan |
Tom and Molly |
Catching |
