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Tongatapu is the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga. The capital Nuku'alofa is a busy town with lots of markets and cheap eateries. We spent a winter month exploring this island and its adjacent motus in July 2016.

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1/50: Pitufa in Nuku'alofa's Faua Harbour...
2/50: ...where Leeloo is constantly on watch.
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5/50: Well meant, but not quite successful yet.
6/50: Manioc is sold everywhere.
7/50: Everybody strolls through Saturday's flea market.
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9/50: On Sunday the only program is going to church.
10/50: Even the Miss Heilala contestants look rather chaste.
11/50: Let's get a glimpse of the King.
12/50: The man from the local TV station
13/50: Here comes King Tupou VI.
14/50: A great variety of local produce is sold cheaply at the market.
15/50: Handicraft stalls on the market's first floor.
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18/50: Pangaimotu lies just off Nuku'alofa and is a popular destination for day trips.
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21/50: Tonga's small version of Stonehenge.
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23/50: Typical cemetery
24/50: Ancient royal burial site
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27/50: On the motu Atata live more pigs than people.
28/50: On the way to church.
29/50: This old gas bottle serves as church bell.
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32/50: On the western cape we watched those young guys checking their fisch traps.
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35/50: They gave us a ride on the way back.
36/50: Flying foxes.
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40/50: Manioc harvest.
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42/50: Spectacular South-West coast...
43/50: ...with countless blow holes.
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45/50: Sandbank between Motu Tapu and Fukave on the eastern barrier reef.
46/50: Black-naped terns. Unfortunately there aren't many birds around here...
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48/50: Motu Fukave. A perfectly quiet place just a few miles north of densely populated Tongatapu.
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50/50: Hardly any living coral can be seen, instead these plants cover the dead reefs.