We had a great day in a lovely anchorage, with some good snorkeling around the fringing reefs. Also got some work done - Michael gave the engines an oil and oil filter change and I did a bit of cleaning, washing and tidying. The islands have incredibly lush vegetation and as the sun went down there was a cacophony of noise from the shoreline - frogs, bats and others. I was amazed to see the size of the giant bats that slowly circled over us as evening came. It was still a very grey day. However, this morning the sun came out and we have had some real sunshine for the first time since we arrived in Tonga. We left our first anchorage outside of the main town and carefully threaded our way around islands and reefs to reach another lovely spot. Picture shows us leaving Harmonie behind as we left this morning. En route, we passed two enormous and not shy turtles, I have not often seen any as big as these were. Now sitting having a G&T as the sun goes down.
All the best from J & M
leaving tongan bay