A few more pictures of the Tongan flavor that we have enjoyed tremendously.

All the yachts in Vava'u Harbor

Old but still running.

Street entertainment.

Different groups dancing.

More dancing.

Beautiful wares for sale.

School pupil singing Ave Maria

School band playing for the people at the fair.

Catholic Church on the hill seen from our yacht

Touring a place called A Taste of Tonga It is all about what you do with coconuts. This first picture is about disposing of the coconut shell after they have taken out all the meat.

They are put in theses barrels heated with fire and come out as charcoal.

Showing us the charcoal.

He is grinding out the meat out of the coconut which comes out as shredded coconut.

You can see the shredded coconut.

The shredded coconut is then put into a drum which is ground down to a pulp and the cream is extracted and comes out as coconut  liquid . The liquid is then processed and comes out as pure of the pure coconut oil and coconut cream, nothing goes to waste..

That bucket is full of coco.nut liquid .

Then here is the pure coconut oil

The view from the owners patio.

We treated to ginger tea and cheese made from the coconut. How wonderful yes wonderful.