Hi guys, I'm sorry we haven't been updating this for a while but we have been so busy its been pretty hard to find the time. Diane I'm sorry you are getting withdrawl hopefully this bumper pack of entries will help. I am just going to do one long post as the connection is really rubbish so here goes..... We left Nukualofa on saturday and headed to the airport to catch our flight to the islands of Vava'u. We arrived at the airport and the first thing we saw was a ...

Hi This is Matt, sorry I haven't posted for a while but internet is so slow and hard to get to now it is broken at our guest house! Been through quite alot since my last post so will try my best to catch you up on what has been going on inside and outside the hospital. We've been very hands on in the hospital so far and i've been able to assist in quite a few operations lending a hand holding retractors and even placing a few sutures which was fun as you act...

Well I woke up this morning with a phone call from Nikki, Jacqui and Chay. It was great to say hi to everyone and surprisingly I didnt have a hangover luckily. I also got two treats firstly the sun was shining a first for Tonga and secondly I got my first warm shower..bliss. The girls got me a really nice necklace and a disney trading pin..mum you would love it, it is a tinkerbell one. How they knew I was collecting them I don't know maybe it was a good guess. Th...

I decided to spend the day with couple of guys we met at the hostel called Duncan and John and spend the day looking around the island. We found out that you needed to get a Tongan drivers license to be able to drive here so Duncan got one pretty quickly and we hired a car from friendship cafe. When we were sorting it out Matt and Rob had finished at the hospital and so decided to come with us. We all crammed into this tiny car and headed off to the west of the i...

We got up pretty early and went to the service being held at the local cathedral. The service was held in tongan so we didnt ave a clue what was being said but the singing was out of this world. They had a choir everyone else also joined in and it really did sound like the angels were singing with us. It was kind of eerie and sent shivers down your spine but is amazing. We finished at church and caught a smal boat over to the island of Pangamotu. It is a small is...