So long Tonga

Well sadly it is time to leave this beautiful place. We've had an amazing final week here seeing a turtle so big it must have been several hundred thousand years old, a manta ray that must have been 3 metres across and we sailed around the northern tip of the Vava-u group of Islands. We spent a final day at Kenutu, our favourite anchorage out east, exploring the islands more, discovering caves and meeting moray eels (still haven't kicked that fear of animals with no legs damn it) then sailed through a narrow rough passage and into the big blue where it felt much wilder and more remote than the rest of the Islands. Not many people go this way and we found an amazing anchorage fit for even the friendliest of pirates with great snorkelling (it has been said that the topography was amazing, but I can't say that with a straight face!) clear blue water with perfect visibility at 50 feet and dramatic cliffs and caves.

But the time has come and so it's farewell aquamarine waters and deep blue lagoons....

Farewell to the huge whales and the crazy crabs....

And farewell to all the lovely people we've met, the ocean awaits us.......