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| [GMT+13] Kingdom of Tonga |
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| JULY 24 |
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+13) / NUKU'ALOFA |
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Life is slipping back
to normal as the official mourning of the lost royals comes
to an end. We spend the morning trying to find cable to extend
the range of our light sensor in relation to the laptop controlling
it. Nothing is straight forward when you are tourists on a
small island and we are sent from warehouse to shopfront to
office to industrial estate. |
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Eventually we find what
we need and take time out for iced coffee at the Friends cafe
then head down to the waterfront where we take a water taxi
to the nearby island of Pangaimotu.
We circumvent the island in less than thirty minutes: it's
one of those clumps of coconut palms fringed with yellow and
white coral sands and the odd mangrove. We notice plenty of
storm damage on the northern tip from cyclones past and mention
it to a fellow passenger while waiting for the boat back to
Nuku'alofa. |
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The man (we never asked
his name) then tells us about the recent tsunami scare on
these islands. Apparently one BBC World newscaster cited Tonga
instead of Java when reporting the recent and tragic tidal
wave in Indonesia.
Panic quickly ensued as phones rang around the island and
soon quite a few people were running to the middle of the
island and even climbing trees in the hope of escape. |
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