Here we sit around the kava bowl at Toni's place in Tongatapu. Kava is a drink derived from the roots of a tree in the pepper family. The cremony varies across island nations, but the effects are the same--you develop a mild lethargy, or come to a full-stop, depending on how much of the stuff you drink. The taste? The best description I heard was "tastes like liquid soil".
Spez hefts a breadfruit on Uiha Island while sporting a very smart shopping bag.
Shredding coconut on Uiha,in preparation for the lovo (big dinner) celebrating the King's birthday. You can see smke from the fire heating rocks for the lovo--the food's all wrapped in leaves and cooked underground using the heated rocks. Dee-licious ("Fu Ifo" in Tongan).The King turned 86 on July 4th, and there were all kinds of parades and signs erected to mark the occasion.
