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Arrive safely 11am in Tonga. Sounds so common, clearly it is not. We are tidy up at the customs dock in Nieafu waiting to check in tomorrow morning. Sunday's are church days and nothing happens, except church. As mentioned earlier we are in the Vava'u island group. Sailing in along the coast looked nothing like French Polynesia or the cooks. The islands are not dramatic looking. Low green hills, no soaring volcanic masterpieces. The green goes right done to the water with beaches every so often. The harbor we are in is very well protected, said to be one of the safest in the region, look at it on google earth. Plan is to checkin, spend a few days here seeing the important sights and picking up some groceries. Then it's off to explore the 61 islands in the group. Nap time for all![END]