Ha'apai, Tonga
Trip Start
Oct 17, 2006
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Trip End
Nov 07, 2006
Ha'apai, Tonga
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Beautiful, ain't it? A typical English countryside, as done by a true and lovin' hand. Though you can't see it, there's a little country fair down that road and uh, over the hill.
Michael:
I don't see any road.
Bert:
What? No road? Just wants a bit of somethin' here, and a bit of somethin' there. There. A country road suitable for TRAVEL and HIGH ADVENTURE."
Well, it may not be a typical English countryside, nor is there a hill (I have been told that hills do not exist on Ha'apai. The highest place being up a palm tree. Don't quote me on this, and I don't wish to offend...it is just what I have been told...by locals even.) or a little country fair for that matter, but it certainly is a road (a runway could arguably be called a road for planes!) in the equivalent of the country when in the middle of the South Pacific, and it most deffinitely is suited for travel and high adventure! It is part of this one and leads on to the next.
Okay, so this wasn't exactly a planned destination per se in my Tonga travels, but it was a necessity for getting to Vava'u. It was really just a simple stop on our way to Vava'u from Tongatapu, but it was pretty neat anyway.
One of these days I am going to actually stay at Ha'apai for a bit and enjoy the beauty of it.
