Daily Travel Photo – Nuku’alofa, Tonga
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Daily Travel Photo – Nuku’alofa, Tonga
When I was in Nuku’alofa, I attended a high school rugby match. All of the high schools on the island correspond to various churches, and have different colors. This was the Methodists vs the Mormons. All these students from the Mormon high school were sitting in a very odd straight line up the hill. Eventually [...]
Daily Travel Photo – Nuku’alofa, Tonga
A grave in Tonga. Many new graves will have a large banner or quilt over the grave for a period of time after the person is buried. I saw a larger, more elaborate version of this over the tomb of the King of Tonga, who had died earlier in the year.
Daily Photo – Nu’kualofa, Tonga
After the death of the king of Tonga, there were riots in the capital, Nu’kualofa. This is one of the sections of the capital which was destroyed by the riots. Not being a very large city to begin with, the few square blocks which were destroyed represented about 50% of the city.
