The tattoo turned out nicely. I talked to the medical officer and they said it wasn’t safe given those conditions. A person in my group wants to get a tattoo the Tongan 'traditional way', despite the warnings. Traditional wood tapping is gone, they now use the prison style need gun.
Today we went to the Tongan Navy base to do our water safety training. They showed us basic boating, had us swim with our lifejackets, and even steer a small motorboat. The instructor specifically said that there were no sharks in the area, which was a sigh of relief for many of us. Not more than a year ago, another Peace Corps volunteer died from a shark attack.
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