On our travels I’ve noticed that Americans tend to overuse superlatives – everything is amazing, incredible, unreal. But this day REALLY was all those things. It’s a cliche to say, but truly the best day of my life … More Tonga part 4: we went on a wild whale chase and then we got engaged

Our last day we didn’t have a planned whale swim, since when we booked the trip we thought we would want some variety.  So instead we booked a day of sport fishing. Tonga is world famous for its sport fish – particularly Marlin, yellow-fin tuna, sailfish, and giant trevally. We got picked up by our captain … More Tonga part 3: my big fish must be somewhere

Our camera was a simple point and shoot, so these shots cannot possibly even begin to convey the experience of getting close to these enormous animals. They are so different to land animals in the way they move, but in their manner and their interactions and their steady intelligent gaze, they are familiar as evolved mammals. … More Tonga part 2: Eue’iki island

When we were telling people about our trip itinerary, we got almost as many blank stares about Tonga as we did for the Congo. People were similarly curious, and wanted to know: Where in the world is Tonga? Why in the world would we want to go to Tonga? When we were first planning our … More Tonga part 1: fafa island