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Downloads from Tonga
I'm in Nuku'alofa this week attending Peace Corps Training. I'll write about that when I return, if not sooner, but while I'm away I …
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The View from beneath the Pacific
An Underwater Adventure in Tonga One of my favorite movies as a kid was "20,000 Leagues under the Sea". As an adult, "The Abyss",…
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Survival of the Weakest
Living on an island is different. Being surrounded by water with no way to get things except for the once weekly boats causes all kinds of social and…
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A Scary Place
I went to the hospital on Friday. No, I wasn't sick; I went get my teeth cleaned. In Tongan, the dentist is at the hospital as is the morgue. It …
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Six Months in Tonga
Today, April 4 th marks six months since we first arrived in Tonga. It many ways, it seems like such a long time ago, but then I also am amazed the…
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Debt Collection
I think I would hate being a debt collector in the USA. Knocking on doors, trying to get deadbeats to pay you money you have borrowed. I'm sure y…
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Tonga Hygiene
By now frequent readers have probably noticed that food plays a big part in the Tongan culture. Almost every event from church, to meetings, to schoo…
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