Bob & Dave on Vahanoa Sailing in Tonga
Celeste's Tongan Adventure
Celeste journeys to Tonga every year to greet the graceful Humpback Whales with a limited group for maximum exposure. See more at CelestialSonics.com
Tonga
Sascha Grabow leads you around this enchanting island. Nowhere else in the Pacific are the customs and traditional values more observed than here. For more on culture please visit saschagrabow.com.
Hawaiian Eye Foundation's 2009 Tonga Expedition
The accomplishments of Hawaiian Eye Foundations Tonga Expedition 2009
- Over 150 cataract and laser eye surgeries at Vaiola Hospital, in Nukualofa, and related training for health care providers.
- Eye screening at Prince Ngu Hospital, in Neiafu.
- Over 1,000 pairs of reading and sun glasses distributed in Tongatapu, Neiafu, Falevai, and Hunga.
- Dental services in Tongatapu, Neiafu, and Hunga.
- School supplies distributed in Hunga and Falevai.
Special Thanks to the Following Who Helped Make this Expedition and Video Possible
Organizational Donors:
- Strata Communications Video & Film (pro-bono video production)
- Ocean Motion Productions (pro-bono video production)
- Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International, Inc. (product donations and operational support)
- Lions Clubs (product donations)
- Bausch & Lomb (funding support)
- Glaukos Corporation (funding support and product donations)
- Air Pacific (air travel support)
Expedition Volunteers:
- John Corboy, MD, HEF President, Team Leader
- Chris Chow, DDS
- Uday Devgan, MD
- Bob Grossman, PhD, HEF Executive Director
- Gene Gullingsrud, MD
- Jeff Killian, Videographer, Ocean Motion Productions
- Lew Levy, Videographer, Strata Communications Video & Film
- Angela Nakashian, Ophthalmic Tech
- Jeff Rutgard, MD
- Linda Rutgard, Ophthalmic Tech
- Kent Small, MD
- Frances Small, Ophthalmic Tech
- Dawne Wittbrod, Ophthalmic Tech
* Special thanks also to our host, Dr. Paula Vivili, who is Tongas only ophthalmologist; his superb team of ophthalmic nurses; and the Ministry of Healths support staff.
Please make a donation to Hawaiian Eye Foundation today at
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Tonga /The Kingdom of Tonga / Puleanga Fakatui o Tonga
Tonga /The Kingdom of Tonga / Puleanga Fakatui o Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprises 169 islands, 36 of them inhabited. The Kingdom stretches over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles) in a north-south line. The islands that constitute the archipelago lie south of Samoa, about one-third of the way from New Zealand to Hawaii.Tonga also became known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. He happened to arrive at the time of the inasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits to the Tui Tonga, the islands' paramount chief, and received an invitation to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, in reality the chiefs had wanted to kill Cook during the gathering, but could not agree on a plan.
Apart from being the only sovereign monarchy among the island nations of the Pacific Ocean, Tonga can also lay claim to being the only island nation in the region to have avoided formal colonisation.Tonga plans to become a fully functioning constitutional monarchy after legislative reform and a more fully representative election take place in 2010.
By the 12th century Tongans, and the Tongan paramount chief, the Tuʻi, had a reputation across the central Pacific, from Niue to Tikopia, leading some historians to speak of a 'Tongan Empire'. In the 15th century and again in the 17th, civil war erupted. Into this situation the first European explorers arrived, beginning in 1616 with the Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire (who called on the northern island of Niuatoputapu), and in 1643 with Abel Tasman(who visited Tongatapu and Haʻapai). Later noteworthy European visitors included James Cook (British Navy) in 1773, 1774, and 1777, Alessandro Malaspina (Spanish Navy) in 1793, the first London missionaries in 1797, and the Wesleyan Methodist Walter Lawry Buller in 1822.In 1845 the ambitious young warrior, strategist, and orator Tāufaʻāhau united Tonga into a kingdom. He held the chiefly title of Tuʻi Kanokupolu, but was baptised[by whom?] with the name King George. In 1875, with the help of missionary Shirley Waldemar Baker, he declared Tonga a constitutional monarchy, formally adopted the western royal style, emancipated the serfs, enshrined a code of law, land tenure, and freedom of the press, and limited the power of the chiefs.Tonga became a British-protected state under a Treaty of Friendship on 18 May 1900, when European settlers and rival Tongan chiefs tried to oust the second king. Within the British Empire, which posted no higher permanent representative on Tonga than a British Consul (19011970), Tonga formed part of the British Western Pacific Territories (under a colonial High Commissioner, residing on Fiji) from 1901 until 1952. Although under the protection of Britain, Tonga remained the only Pacific nation never to have given up its monarchical government - as did Tahiti and Hawaiʻi. The Tongan monarchy, unlike that of the UK, follows a straight line of rulers.The Treaty of Friendship and Tonga's protectorate status ended in 1970 under arrangements established by Queen Salote Tupou III prior to her death in 1965. Tonga joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 (atypically as an autochthonous monarchy, that is one with its own hereditary monarch rather than Elizabeth II), and the United Nations in September 1999. While exposed to colonial pressures, Tonga has never lost indigenous governance, a fact that makes Tonga unique in the Pacific and gives Tongans much pride, as well as confidence in their monarchical system. As part of cost cutting measures across the British Foreign Service, the British Government closed the British High Commission in Nukuʻalofa in March 2006, transferring representation of British interests in Tonga to the UK High Commissioner in Fiji. The last resident British High Commissioner was Paul Nessling.
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Adventures with S V Promise in Tonga October 2011
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fast boat part II with the tonga kids
fast boat part II with the tonga kids
From Lombok to Komodo - Flores by boat with Kencana 4 Day/4Nights 720p (Gopro Hero 2)
4 Day 4 Night: Start from Lombok
Bangsal - Senggigi - Labuan Lombok - Sumbawa (Gili Bola - Moyo - Satonda) - Gili Laba - Pink Beach - Komodo - Kalong - Rinca - Kelor - Labuan Bajo (Flores)
Recorded with Gopro Hero 2 + Canon Eos 60D
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne | Part 1 of 2 | Audiobook with subtitles
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Version 3)
Jules VERNE , translated by F. P. WALTER
Originally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. It is considered to be the very first science fiction novel ever written, the first novel about the undersea world, and is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax - Summary by Michele Fry
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Travel Fiction
Chapters:
1:15 | Introduction
12:20 | 1-1. A Runaway Reef
29:22 | 1-2. The Pros and Cons
43:22 | 1-3. As Master Wishes
55:22 | 1-4. Ned Land
1:12:15 |1-5. At Random!
1:27:56 | 1-6. At Full Steam
1:48:13 |1-7. A Whale of Unknown Species
2:05:17 | 1-8. Mobilis in Mobili
2:24:49 | 1-9. The Tantrums of Ned Land
2:41:04 | 1-10. The Man Of The Waters
3:02:02 | 1-11. The Nautilus
3:21:39 |1-12. Everything through Electricity
3:38:19 | 1-13. Some Figures
3:55:10 |1-14. The Black Current
4:22:52 | 1-15. An Invitation in Writing
4:41:57 | 1-16. Strolling the Plains
4:57:14 | 1-17. An Underwater Forest
5:14:02 | 1-18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
5:34:33 | 1-19. Vanikoro
5:59:28 | 1-20. The Torres Strait
6:19:46 | 1-21. Some Days Ashore
6:44:41 | 1-22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
7:09:26 |1-23. Aegri Somnia
7:29:58 | 1-24. The Coral Realm
7:49:50 | 2-1. The Indian Ocean
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