Wednesday, March 5, 2008

A Few Pics


At the cemetery two doors down. They cover the graves with a pile of sand or place a concrete slab over it to prevent the pigs from digging up the dead.





At the rocky beach behind our house



Caleb loves the wildlife, this is one of our resident geckos, Mario. He does not show his face as much as his bigger friend, Luigi.





Evening view out our patio



The school bus that is being celebrated





The baby pig our Tongan family brought to chow on




Our Tongan "Mom" dancing with the kava tree. The kava plant is the most important plant to the Tongans. They create an aphrodisiac drink from the leaves.




The pretty girls dance and the locals give her money that is donated to the sponsor of the feast, in this case it was the government.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"The kava plant is the most important plant to the Tongans. They create an aphrodisiac drink from the leaves."

Not even close-Kava is made from the roots and is in no way an aphrodisiac.

If it's anything it's a soporific, decreasing desire not in any way enhancing it although it does imbue a sense of society.

I can't believe you went to Tonga and never tried it.