Passage to Tonga in Pics 2

Kokamo's Pacifc Meanderings
Tom and Rachel
Tue 18 May 2010 01:19
Back at sea, Tom gives "Rodney" the autohelm a break
 
 
 
And Rach suffers the first of many bad hair days...
 
 
Finally, the main island of Tonga, Tongatapu, and the capital city Nuku 'Alofa come into sight, on a day so grey and untropical that it felt more like sailing into Portsmouth in October
 
 
 
Ahh, that's more like it - from our anchorage off Pangaimotu Island a couple of miles from the city
 
 
 
And celebrating our arrival while quarantined onboard before clearance the following day, with bubbles generously smuggled onboard by Mark