Malo Tonga and Goodbye!
09 August 2015 | Neiafu, Tonga
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Another week has flown by in Tonga. We attempted to head out to some more anchorages earlier in the week, but bad weather kept us in Neiafu. We both had tattoos done on Wednesday by a young bloke called Kiti - he was a great artist and a really nice guy. Both of us had whales in honour of our fantastic experience last Thursday. The weather cleared a little & we headed to the island of Hunga where we spent the night. It was lovely to be away from town & we saw plenty of whales on our way there & back.
Friday Steve took PANNIKIN out for the afternoon race around the cans again. Unfortunately no other cruisers bothered to sail, but the guys had a lovely time sailing around the bay with a couple of young German dentists on board & also an Aussie bloke who worked for Air Fiji. The winning pizzas & beer were all for us!!!
Saturday we spent a couple of hours at the Neiafu Agricultural & Handicrafts Show. We spent a fair bit of time sampling more local food & checking out the amazing displays of seafood, vegetables & beautiful handicrafts. We're quite sure we saw the world's biggest pig too... it was huge!! We managed to see the King again - without waiting 4 hours on the side of the road!
Sunday is always a quiet day in Tonga - reserved for church & family. We did some boat jobs, got our generator working again & prepared for our passage to Fiji. We had our last Happy Hour at Mango and then a quiet night.
Waiting for a weather window for our passage across to Fiji has been frustrating - it changes so often. At this stage we are planning to leave around lunch time today and hopefully will arrive in Savu Savu Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. We are looking forward to experiencing some more amazing places.