Tag: Meketi Talamahu

Tongan Handicrafts and Souvenirs
May 3

Tongan Handicrafts and Souvenirs

My last post covered most of the produce and fresh sea food found around Nuku’alofa — especially the variety Meketi Talamahu offers up.  But Nuku’alofa’s main market packs in a lot more than edibles. To the far left side of the lower market, and more or less the entire upper level, visitors can find a…

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Fruit, Vegetable and Fish Markets in Nukualofa, Tongatapu
Apr 27

Fruit, Vegetable and Fish Markets in Nukualofa, Tongatapu

Back in the days of William Mariner, the island of Tongatapu was the dwelling place of royals, a land where, just living there, produced some level of envy to neighboring islanders.  Indeed, the word “Tongatapu” means “Sacred (tapu) South (tonga).”   And while the royal family still maintain principal dwellings here, for most visitors to the…

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