Fun during Regatta week
25 September 2010 | Vavau Tonga
Don
Tonga is the ultimate tropical paradise, friendly folks, warm waters, sunny skies and the occasional downpour. The fresh veggie market is amazing here, huge, way cheaper than French Poly. However you must love mackeral or corned beef a lot or pay the price for frozen NZ meats which are plentiful. We have been enjoying the leisurely pace of life, Irv has not even hooked up the internet yet and we've been here over a week. Yahoo, I love seeing him let go like this. Many folks are addicted to the internet and cannot function without it for hours per day. The big new is that Irv is the Corn Hole Champion for 2010. He adds this title to the Cabbage Bowling King of Loreto Fest 2005. His lateral thinking gets him some crazy wins. The Tongan singing voices are beautiful, we hear them coming form the various churches all thro the week and especially on Sundays. We attended a Kindergarten where we heard the little tykes singing their hearts out accompanied by much action. It begins early here and we see why they sound so good as adults. We went on our first Pub Crawl where we hit 11 beverage establishments, traipsing around town in our raingear as there was a huge rain as we had our fun. We drank many colorful beverages, even blue! Last night was a Full Moon party and tomorrow is a Tridecagn-athlon, 13 events for kids at heart adults. I have been loving the lobster here, my favorite is Dublin lobster, a creamy whisky based concoction. Yum! Today we may go dinghy exploring and hike up the local mountain (500 feet) for pictures. Depeds on Irv's headache and sore shoulder status.