Easter Weekend

For a culture whose way of life, social interaction, community hierarchy, money and time all revolve around Church, Tonga does NOT mess around when it comes to Easter Weekend. The entire island of Vava’u was essentially shutdown from Good Friday until Tuesday morning. Feasts, children’s camps, Bible performances and a whole helluva lot of Church services were the entertainment for our village. We also hosted kids over for Easter-themed card games courtesy of Aunt Nina. But we did manage to sneak away to the lake with our friend Haeyoon, who is the Peace Corps Volunteers in the next village over. After a long walk, a good day’s swim and another long walk back home, the three of us feasted on her inordinately delicious homemade Korean BBQ featuring spices sent directly from Seoul, homemade apple pie and Easter cupcakes. Now that’s our type of feast!

Here are some pictures below: 

What's that Ine? You enjoy playing cards? We couldn't tell...

A well-deserved swim after a walk in the heat.

The Lake!

That is Easter faka-Palangi!

Lucks and Haeyoon's dog decided to attack me with love.

I begged Ry to get them off, instead he got the camera.

It would be embarrassing to tell you how fast these went...