 This is the group of Volunteers that I came with. I've forgotten some of the last names, so I'll just give you the first names: Back row, left to right: Tom, Ernie Middle row, left to right: Jeff, Craig (“Matini”), Susan Front row, left to right: Eric, Mike, Ang (pronounced Anj), Nadine (center), Linda, Bobby, Steve. Not pictured are two Volunteers who left early (separately, and for different reasons): Dave and Tami |
 Like the picture above, this was taken at the Good Samaritan resort on the west end of Tongatapu at our Close of Service (COS) Conference. This picture includes some Volunteers who were already in Tonga when our group arrived, as well as Peace Corps staff, both Tongan and American. |
 This is the home of the second colony of flying foxes, or fruit bats, in Tonga. The first colony is at Kolovai, at the west end of Tongatapu, not too far from the resort where the pictures above were taken. (Namu Kolovai is a Tongan insult that means, “You stink like a flying fox.”) Tofoa is just south of Nuku‘alofa, the capital. |
 Mosese & ‘Eseta Havea, of Mangia, Vava‘u. They and their family hosted Ang, the Volunteer pictured above, during our training in Vava‘u. I stayed with their daughter and her husband and children, who lived next door in the tiny village. |
  This is Hufangalupe Natural Bridge on the south side of Tongatapu. Although the first picture appears to be over solid ground, if you notice the trees on the right side, you can find them again in the second picture. The trees are nearly growing on the bridge itself. The left-hand curve in the dirt road is about the middle of the bridge. |