Coral gardens
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Fri 17 Oct 2008 11:27
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Hi Folks,
After a groggy start to the day induced by too much
rum and coke from the night before we set off for a small island that had what
looked like coral on its outer edges, we were not disappointed as when we
arrived on the lee of the island we discovered such an array of beautiful coral
along the whole tip of the North west side,its the most dazzling display of
colours from vivid bright blues to bright reds and greens , the fish life was in
abundance and swimming in and out of this sub sea forest of natures reef
builders , its the best we have seen in the whole of the pacific, the good
thing about Tonga is that it doesn't have the droves of cruise ships and land
tourist that French Polynesia has, it has a rustic charm that probably wouldn't
appeal to that set of tourists but to those who like to get out and away from
all that crap this place has a hidden secret behind every corner
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Well after waxing lyrical about the reefs it
was time to a small island at low water and walk around it , the lime stone
outer edges that have been scoured out over the centuries allow you to walk from
the sandy spit we landed the boats on around the island on a shelf , myriad's of
brightly coloured star fish ,vivid blues mainly , multi coloured sea slugs
and cucumbers rest in this plateau that projects out into the sea , having
lathered up with plenty of mossy spray, after our last encounter with the Tongan
nasties .. these ones here favour the elbows only there infrared must work
really well as soon as we went under the overhangs they came from the greenery
above us for a late lunch.
It took about an hr to circumnavigate the
Island of Nuka, lots of photos taken, at some point we will get them to press
when we reach civilisation again , probably Nuka'loafa.
Back to the boat and a little siesta before
the re-enactment of "return of the rum rat" we all gathered from
Trinelly,Summer Wine, and Sebright for one last drink before we go our separate
ways tomorrow morning ...
The Castaways
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