Leaving Tonga
Waking on Saturday morning, I was acutely aware of the fact that we are returning home to NZ this evening. I ate my breakfast as usual and got ready to begin packing up. Some of the team raced upstairs to watch the All Blacks play Italy, but I packed my bags and considered how to transport some of our more delicate items. When the team took off to watch some of the girls play their soccer match, Jonty and I stayed behind to pack our bags, move some beds, and mop the floor of the main area. We got all of this done, just as the team returned. In the next couple of hours, there was a lot of work done packing up the kitchen, giving away food, cleaning and getting ready to head into town for the last time. We stopped at Friend's Café, but then discovered that the power was out and we wouldn't be able to order lunch. We quickly changed plans to head to the Builder Burger Café at the swimming pool, but it was closed. So we went to the market and bought stall food: kebab