This is it, my last Blog about my trip as a vet volunteer in Tonga. It has been so much more than I could have ever expected. The people and animals of Tonga have touched my heart and I leave the island with tears in my eyes.
The coffee plantation was amazing and how lucky were [...]
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Day 16 : The End
Day 15 : The long story has a rewarding end
Funny feeling for all of us today I think..today is the day we pack up the clinic. I feel sad about it. I have enjoyed the clinic, the people, the animals, the ups and downs and how strange will it be to work in a NZ clinic again where the waiting room is not a [...]
Day 14 : We are exhausted
What a crazy day. I’m not sure it’s a good idea even blogging right now because I feel like a complete zombie.But let’s give it a go. We arrived at the clinic this morning and we already had quite a few animals waiting for us. Alice needed to pick up her passport at immigration,, so [...]
Day 13 : Getting closer to a black belt!
It was a bit difficult waking up this morning. We enjoyed a few maka beers last night and I do feel sorry for the men in the house..such a minority. They tend to go to bed early so they can actually rest. All the girls stay up, hang out in the lounge,drink beers and watch [...]
Day 12 : last week in the clinic
Deirdre, one of our volunteers who ran the front desk for us, went back home today. This will be the week of people leaving and us trying to do as much work as we can, since the island won’t have any vets available till November. We made a radio ad last week to try and [...]
day 11 : beach day turns into beach weekend
Another beautiful, sunny day in Tonga ! Thought it would be nice to sleep in, but when the sun is shining like this, it is hard to stay in bed. It is Sunday, so nothing is open in Tonga and since I had already been to church last weekend, I didn’t feel the need to [...]
Day 10 : Beach day
I was supposed to join Tonga’s triathlete for an ocean swim this morning..but I missed it..we slept in..
Bit of a funny night in town last night. Jo prepared an amazing dinner for us..and after that, four of us went out. We were dropped off in town and within one minute of entering the bar, the [...]
Day 9 : Doctor’s visit
The good thing when I woke up this morning, was that the sun was shining through the palm trees..good!Enough of the rain already.the bad thing was that my cold is just not going anywhere, my chest is hurting and I keep coughing and now it got to the stage that I started losing balance and [...]
Day 8 : Tonga Taekwondo
We had a great time at the resort last night. Of course we got lost again, seems to be the thing to do around here. It was on the other side of the island. It is right in the beach. When we parked the car we walked down the lantern lit stairs onto the beach [...]
Day 7: frustrating times
As much as you can tell yourself that what you’re doing is better than these animals have ever had and that when you have to work with what you have you can only do so much..it still feels so frustrating though! We have a limited amount of anesthetics available to us and also. A limited [...]