Tired of traveling overweight? Try Tonga!

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2-05-2008 @ 1:05PM

kyle said...

I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga. Tongans can be pretty big, but I rarely saw a overly obese person. It's just how they're built.
On the other scale, some Tongan women and men were very good looking. Like anyway, you have good and bad.
And yes, Tonga got the memo on heart disease and diabetes. The Former king would run (when he was younger) along the water front in Nuku'alofa.

If you head to Tonga and somebody says "Sino Lelei" your doing good. It means good fat (just the right amount).

Malo

2-07-2008 @ 8:30PM

Karen said...

Malo lelei! When were you in Tonga as a Peace Corps Volunteer? I was there in the 1970s as a PCV. I agree with your comment about the Tongans - I did not consider them obese - just very tall, big-boned people - and very beautiful....

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