Tonga So we're in the South Pacific Polynesian islands....aka paradise....your typical coral atols surrounded by turquise waters the shades of blue which you wouldn't believe and fringed with white sands, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, and Heather and Bob wondering whether to drink another coconut, go for a wee snorkle, just laze on the beach some more or relax in the hammock in the shade......not kidding! However we did arrive in Tonga tapu...the main is...

Wow...where can I start?.....I've just had my birthday and had my first celebration flying over Mount Cook..in the South island....New Zealand's highest mountain....12,000 ft.....that was just unbelievably brilliant. It was a spur of the moment extravagence...we' taken the Mount Cook road on our way back up North as the weather looked as if it would be clear...and it was... absolutely brilliant day so I suggested that we charter a plane!...well why not?...bac...

Its now the 13th May...happy birthday big brother...soon be the big one for you! ..and to you Lorna for a couple of days ago. We're in Nuku 'Alofa Tonga..had have just made our internal flight and beach hut...fales here...bookings for travelling to little desert island paradises...where Bob and I are going to make our own fly fishing lures and rod from flotsom, whittle sticks, paint Polynesian pictures like Gogauin ( know who I mean), read books and swim with ...

OK...still in Tonga ...just read all my messages from everyone...exciting times Ian and Jane! heres the Sydney story. Approaching Sydney from the air...wow...so spectacular...the bay, the buildings and Bondi beach...and the wow factor just continued. Sydney must be one of the best cities I've visited..if not the best...next to Dysart of course. Very impressive city centre skyline, all the bays and harbours with ferrier and sailing boats, and beaches...stunn...

Think you'll have guessed this blog is not Tonga....though we have just arrived here..blog later...so here's a taste of Singapore. Flew from Bangkok straight to Singapore, with couple of hours in Malasia airport....enough tme to take a picture beside 'The Glenrothes' whiskey stand and try the Malasia speciality of kaya toast...toast with coconut jam...very nice. The other delights of Malasyia will just have to wait till the next trip! At the very fancy, large,...