Exploring Tongatapu with Lily and Jackson
We explored Tongatapu, 1st by bus which was an education. I spent some time sorting out which bus to catch and where and at what time. I met Sylvester who owned 6 little buses and did the Ha’asini rout. I called him Mr Stallone. He first took me passed the airport to collect the kids- $2 instead of $30 for a taxi, and with some excellent rap blaring from his stereo. So we caught the same bus to go to some caves.
Sylvester assured us that the caves and good snorkelling were at the end of this road.
There were caves and snorkelling but not the ones we had in mind but to our utter surprise the only people on the beach greeted Jackson – friends from university. How does that happen? As they enthused about the whales they had seen that day, there they were just the other side of the reef. Fantastic!!
We could not resist this bill board.
Everything I hear or read about this man leaves a sour taste but the local response is more muted. Seems a touchy subject to raise.
Then we hired a car – one of simplest transactions ever, no contract, no driver’s license check, no innumerable extras. Just $50 for the keys and we were off. And the car didn’t break down.
Visited these spectacular blowholes
We explored Tongatapu, 1st by bus which was an education. I spent some time sorting out which bus to catch and where and at what time. I met Sylvester who owned 6 little buses and did the Ha’asini rout. I called him Mr Stallone. He first took me passed the airport to collect the kids- $2 instead of $30 for a taxi, and with some excellent rap blaring from his stereo. So we caught the same bus to go to some caves.Sylvester assured us that the caves and good snorkelling were at the end of this road.
There were caves and snorkelling but not the ones we had in mind but to our utter surprise the only people on the beach greeted Jackson – friends from university. How does that happen? As they enthused about the whales they had seen that day, there they were just the other side of the reef. Fantastic!!We could not resist this bill board.
Everything I hear or read about this man leaves a sour taste but the local response is more muted. Seems a touchy subject to raise.Then we hired a car – one of simplest transactions ever, no contract, no driver’s license check, no innumerable extras. Just $50 for the keys and we were off. And the car didn’t break down.
Visited these spectacular blowholes
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