With Break Away turned in and the charter closed the sailing part of the adventure was over. But the adventure was still on! We had a couple of hours to kill in Neiafu and since we'd read good things in another blog about the Mermaid Bar and Grill (aka Vava'u Yatch Club), we went there for lunch. The Mermaid promotes their fish & chips as internationally renowned, so we both opted for fish & chips. The Mermaid's claim was absolutely true... totally excellent!! Travel from Vava'u to Tongatapu went off without a hitch, until we enterd the airport in Tongatapu. The hotel had promised to pick us up, so Liz went to look for our ride while I retrieved the luggage. She was greeted by the same lady from the Moorings that had handled our outbound airport transfer in Tongatapu, who proceeded to help us load the luggage in her van and head off to the hotel. Although confused, because reality wasn't matching well with my expectation, we headed out of the airport for the hotel. The trip took longer than expected and concluded down a long dirt road. Thankfully, at the end of the road was the. After I made arrangements with the "Moorings Lady" for the return trip, we met Kala, who advised us that the hotel. The Keleti "boss" had been at the airport looking for us. Hearing that I stopped the "Moorings Lady" to cancel her for tomorrow morning. I'm still not sure what happened, but Liz & I might be the first Americans to have two rides from and to the Tongatapu Airport.
Keleti is located on a high bluff above the South Pacific Ocean. Very large waves roll in breaking on miles of large plateaus of rocks that resemble tree trunks the size of a house. The crashing of the waves & the resulting blow holes were impressive.
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