Tonga / Haapai
Tonga / Haapai
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I was lucky enough to spend a little time chasing whales in Tonga one year. I don't shoot underwater, so I decided just to take my teeny tiny Fuji XM1. I only owned two lenses for it, the 18mm and 35mm. So that's what I shot. Tonga had just recovered from a cyclone a few months before, which means a lot of staple fruit supplies were still missing. Today I think about how they might be coping with a blanket of volcanic ash, loss of communications and sudden tsunamis sweeping through the coral and islands.
Shout out to the folks at Sandy Beach Resort and Matafonua Lodge. They're good neighbours for the local communities and the environment.
sandybeachtonga.com/
matafonua.com/
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