Tonga! Part 1

For our Easter break we travelled to Tonga; only a few hours from New Zealand.  We stayed in the capital for a few days, drove a battered jeep about seeing the sights. Lots of Churches, and as it was Easter, nothing was open on the Friday.  Roads were deserted; restaurants, shops, petrol stations, all shut.

After driving round in circles along roads dappled with huge craters, we found the whistling blowholes.  V cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJiXAC7Xves

Tonga is not a rich country and behind this extraordinary natural sight was this dilapidated hotel. 

We stopped at this deserted beach to test the water temperature.  Perfect!  

On Sunday morning we hopped aboard a boat and headed for Fa Fa Island Resort.

And there it was.