Working in Tonga I have completed the first week of my placement at Vaiola General Hospital in Tonga Tapu. As the hospital is fairly small and there is quite an abundance of elective students already me, Rynn and Matt decided to separate out and rotate through the different specialities during our four week placement. I started with O & G which was quite nice seeing as I had just spent time doing O&G in Trinidad. We also decided to spend two weeks in Vaiola...

We arrived in Tonga on the Thursday 24th of August after an exhausting flight. Toni the owner of the guest house we were staying in picked us up from the airport and so began our Tongan adventure. Toni's guest house is quite basic with no a/c, tv, and a warmish dribble for a shower but it is very homely. It is a typical backpackers haven and we have met lots of new people who are passing through. Toni himself is an interesting character. Lanchashire born and bred...