T-Tappin' It Up

Flew down to Tongatapu (the main island of Tonga) and staying with a volunteer Joey that use to live up in Vava'u. Stan and Steve came down to work on presentations they have for our in service training (IST) next week, I'm just here kickin it in Nuku'alofa. It's funny to see the capital city and how big it seems. I've gotten so use to Neiafu and how quaint it is; not Nuku'alofa. There are tons of stores and so much variety. We're about to head over to the International Dateline Hotel and chill out at the pool. Saw some of group 73 that live down here in Tongatapu. I'll get to see the rest of the group on Monday when people fly in and come in from their villages. I'm excited to hang with the group, it will be the first time I've seen them for almost 5 months.

J

A great day for sailing!

Today was the last day of the school term and I now am on break for 2 weeks, but what a break it will be, I'm going down to Nuku'alofa (the capital) on Tongatapu for most of it. Group 73 is having our In Service Training for a little over a week, so not much of a break. It will be great to see volunteers from other islands and see what the first part of service has been like for everyone.


This past Saturday, most of the Vava'u volunteers got together for a day in the sun and some fun on the water. We went out on a catamaran called Orion and sail around the islands of Vava'u. What an awesome day, we got some great snorkeling in and it's always fun when the volunteers get together in big groups and I get to hangout with some people I don't see as much. Check out the pics and let me know what you think about my paradise.















Missing a few Vava'u volunteers, but this is most of the Vava'u group that are stuck with me.



James