Sailing around reefs. Sailing alone across the Pacific Ocean. In Tonga

For eight weeks in French Polynesia, I was enchanted. Landscapes I'd never seen before, friendly people, unspoilt nature. When I arrived in Samoa and Tonga, the feeling of flow changed. Suddenly everything becomes difficult and tedious. Why? Is that also part of travelling? I'm sailing alone on the Reykja, a 35-year-old steel ketch. My route: from Samoa to Niuatoputapu and the Vava'u archipelago in Tonga.