Paiges Post

PAIGE’S TRIP TO TONGA
I liked sailing to Tonga because I saw lots of birds and coming into Tongatapu Dad and I saw 2 whales spouting . We arrived on 1/7/2010. We have 4 people that have to visit us, we have had 2 people on board so far. We have had Health and Immigration on board. Tomorrow we will have Customs and Quarantine on board.
Today Dad went to shore to see Quarantine and Customs. We had to go back into the marina to see them. Once we had finished we had to go to the Quarantine Office to pay our fee, then we went to a computer place to send some emails.
Saturday 3rd July. We are going into town for the first time. We are excited because we can get some food. When we got to the market it was very big. We didn’t even get through all of it. We found a supermarket to get some food, but when we found out how much the food was we just said “Whoa, we are not getting that, it is too expensive.” The yogurt was seventeen pa’anga (Tongan Dollars) for one litre. Isn’t that expensive. On our way back we got some Tongan food for lunch. It was very delicious. We also got a coconut with a straw in it. It was very delicious as well.
Sunday 4th July. We swam off the back of our boat for half an hour. I swam without my lifejacket. After our swim we had lunch. After lunch we went to the beach and had a little snorkel. Then we walked around the Island. I found two shells. Then we went for a snorkel at the reef. On our way back Rylee got an anemone sting. I was just snorkelling and then I heard a scream. We went to the Cafe Big Mamas and asked for some vinegar. The owner was the one that said it was an anemone sting. After that we went back to the boat. Rylee was very sore. Then Pirate Pearl came. She gave me two necklaces, one bracelet and two pieces of string.