Rob W 0 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Malo e Lelei as they say in Shiremoor Greetings from Tonga Me and Mrs W are currently slumming it at 21 deg 05 min 11.8 sec South 175 deg 09 min 29 sec West Someone has to do it and we decided it might as well be us Of course you can all look forward to “When I was...” for a while Wish you were here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Malo e Lelei as they say in Shiremoor Greetings from Tonga Me and Mrs W are currently slumming it at 21 deg 05 min 11.8 sec South 175 deg 09 min 29 sec West Someone has to do it and we decided it might as well be us Of course you can all look forward to “When I was...” for a while Wish you were here Nice one. I assume Tonga escaped the Tsunami that recently devastated Samoa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43677 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Malo e Lelei as they say in Shiremoor Greetings from Tonga Me and Mrs W are currently slumming it at 21 deg 05 min 11.8 sec South 175 deg 09 min 29 sec West Someone has to do it and we decided it might as well be us Of course you can all look forward to “When I was...” for a while Wish you were here Nice one. I assume Tonga escaped the Tsunami that recently devastated Samoa? Aye, they sat the King on the beach. Island saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15871 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Wish you were here Aye, I'd love the look on your face if we all showed up for dinner. Have a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Malo e Lelei as they say in Shiremoor Greetings from Tonga Me and Mrs W are currently slumming it at 21 deg 05 min 11.8 sec South 175 deg 09 min 29 sec West Someone has to do it and we decided it might as well be us Of course you can all look forward to “When I was...” for a while Wish you were here Nice one. I assume Tonga escaped the Tsunami that recently devastated Samoa? Aye, they sat the King on the beach. Island saved. The King: "Errr can you run that past me one more time? You want me to do what when the big wave hits?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 Tonga stretches a long way - over 500 miles - the extreme N end got hit only the locals reckon that tsunamis are unheard of in the main islands - lots of earthquakes, cyclones and the odd volcano mind we were talking to the NZ lass on Saturday who is trying to co-ordinate help for the tsumanim victims - 9 dead but 180 unhoused - sounds like a bloody hard job and they don't need to sit on the King - they all come in XXXXXXXXL sizes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Hopefully they'll keep you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 And the national dish is tinned corned beef - how you finding that Rob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 The last time Rob was there was with Captain Cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Shame it wasn't with Captain Bligh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 And the national dish is tinned corned beef - how you finding that Rob? it has to be said that Island food tends towards the corned beef (and don't stint on the portionsBmy lad!) but they also eat a lot of fish, veg & chicken We of course are staying in a small place run by Jormans (13 rooms) where the food is bloody marvellous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 Shame it wasn't with Captain Bligh HMM - A BIT STRICKT IIRC BUT HE DID SAIL A SMALL BOAT ALL THE WAY FROM TONGA TO TIMOR......... TRIED TO GO THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK BUT THEY WERE IN SOME SORT OF CIVIL WAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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