We stayed at the Blue Banana on Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga
Our home at the Blue Banana
We spent many hours on the deck
Our first whale and a lucky surfer, just outside the lagoon
There were plenty of clownfish in the lagoon
A huge school of small fish often surrounded us when we snorkelled the lagoon (see video)
Outside the lagoon we saw turtles and sharks (unfortunately no photos)
The singing at the local church was amazing (see video for a sound bite)
Another of a million churches in VERY Christian Tonga
Decorated graves
Ha'amonga 'a Maui was built in the 13th century. No one is quite sure why
Coastal terraces form enormous natural infinity pools along the Tongatapu coast
An ocean waterfall at the end of a coastal terrace
Coastal pigs go fishing at low tide
Tongan kids enjoying Tongan-sized ice creams
Our local bus packed serious bass
The old Prime Ministerial limousine, sadly wasting away in a downtown lot
Jacqueline tried in vain to charm her way into the Presidential Palace
The awesome Mapu 'a Vaea blowholes stretch for miles along the coast (see video)
Tsunami Rock, moved inland by a 'mega-tsunami'
Freak of nature - a rare, branching palm tree
Anahulu Cave, where you climb up the formations and then jump into the freshwater pool below. Awesome fun!
Sven bravely scaled the roof (light was so bright, had to wear shades ;-)
A traditional Tongan dance show in a cave at Oholei Beach
Climbing the Pangaimotu wreck
'Sup, dude? (Sven on a stand up paddleboard, or SUP)
A curtain of rain falls on our final sunset in Tonga
