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Polynesian Sky

A rope swing on a palm tree is a very popular pastime in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It is customary to swim fully clothed. On Sundays the island stops all activity and children swim and have fun together, sadly a way of life lost in

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The Fisherman's Son

His uncle ferried us to this tiny little islands called Ofu to spend the day working on the series of pictures about the connection of young Tonga's kids and their Oceanic environment. Their incredibly low environmental footprint did not stop these kids

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The Fisheman's son

The young son of a local fisherman poses proud in front of his boat on the remote Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

Fishing is still one of the main activities of these islands

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I can hold my breath longer than you

The young son of a local fisherman approaches me snorkelling while I was taking pictures of the sea debris on the remote Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

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Sundays in Neiafu are for swimming

A group of young children play at the harbour of Neiafu, situated beside the Port of Refuge, a deep-water harbour on the south coast of Vava'u Archipelago in the Polynesian South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.

It is customary to swim fully clothed. On Sundays the islands stops all activity and children swim and have fun together, sadly a way of life lost in many Western cultures.

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Humpback whale mothers show an incredible tenderness and loving awareness towards their calfs, we managed to be able to capture some of that overwhelming bond on some of these images while snorkeling in South Pacific in the Archipelago of Vava'u.
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