Take that bike off any sweet jumps?

Today is our second last day here in Tonga. Tomorrow morning we catch the only ferry off of the island which leaves at the ungodly hour of 5 am (and we have to be there at 4!). Our last 5 days on Eua have gone by pretty quickly but we have also kept a little busier here.
On Christmas day we had a few presents with us to open so we had breakfast and decided to hike the 5 km to the east side of the island. There were a couple of lookout platforms that were built on the top of the cliffs so they provided a spectacular view out over the Pacific. We had lunch and opened our presents before hiking back down to the guesthouse..this Christmas will go down in history as the first Christmas we actually did physical activity and didn't eat ourselves into a coma.
Skype hasn't been working since we got here fortunately our families were able to call the guesthouse on Christmas day. It was Boxing Day for us but it was really nice to hear from everyone!
Yesterday we rented a couple of bikes and rode to the south side of the island. We were told it was around a 10 km ride one way but there was a nice beach to cool off once you got there. The bikes we rented were a little...well used to say the least. Riley had a mountain bike that you would buy at Canadian tire except the shocks in the front were rusted stiff, the brakes were ripped off and it was turned in to a single speed. My bike was a vintage WWII bike from Holland (or at least in looked and rode like one). We started the ride later in the morning and before long the temperature was probably close to 30 (and felt like 45). The ride was a little longer than we thought but mostly because we had to walk up every hill. We made it to the south end of the island and checked out a huge archway along the ocean and had lunch along the sea cliffs. Riley, with her hawkeyes spotted a turtle from probably a half mile away just floating around in the waves...our first turtle of the trip.ther was some wild horses which inhabit the area but it must have been too hot for them because they weren't out running about in the meadow.. too bad.
The ride back went a little quicker and we realized the ride there was so hard because it was slightly uphill. We were going to stop at the beach for a swim but decided not to as it would have required us to ride down another 500 m or so downhill to the water....and inturn 500 m uphill after words. The ride back was long and HOT, probably the most uncomfortably hot we have been yet. We made it back to the guesthouse and later figured out it was closer to 26km to the south side and back! We cooled off with a cold shower and laid around until dinner. After dinner we played crib and watched the sun set over the ocean.
Today we are just going to rest our bodies (mainly our very sore bums) and get ready for our early early morning and death defying roller coaster ride...I mean ferry ride.

We hope everyone had a wonderful, festive and relaxing Christmas!
Talk to you from the land of the Maori.