Berties Bed And Breakfast Apia

... ik hoop dat ik dinsdag in de Airport Lodge kan slapen en dat iemand me naar het vliegveld brengt, en ik hoop maar dat woensdag de vliegtuigen niet op blijken te zijn.

En zo slenter ik ‘s middags door Apia op zoek naar internet. Er waait een lekker zeebriesje, dus zo vreselijk is het niet, en bij Elisa’s hotel blijken ze inderdaad iets dat op een verbinding lijkt te hebben. Heel veel Samoaanse voeten in aarde, maar eindelijk heb ik wat geblogd. A propos Samoaanse ...

... we arrived. Would have been great in the sun with a pic-nic. Lots of rain about overnight so all rivers flowing. One small river had burst its banks and was flowing over the main road which we had to travel along…..taxi in nearly ½ metre of fast flowing water….good fun! This was better on the way back as weather improving. Locals not phased at all just standing like lots of Samoan men seem to in the villages.

Stopped at Papapapai-uta waterfall on ...

... But it's tropical beauty, people, culture, food, innocence and natural landscapes completely made up for any discomfort I experienced with their heat and mosquitoes.

Bye bye Samoa. Your heat almost killed me and your mosquitoes ate me alive, but you were a beautiful and memorable country to visit and experience.

... our beach paradise we moved on to one of the handful "posh" hotels on the main island, staying in an over-the-water hut, as seen in Bora Bora and other such exotic places. We love our hut, it is spacious and we have a 15m2 terrace out in the water approx. 20 m from land where from we can watch the fish action below and catch the sun in private. The resort itself is a jungle resort owned by Americans and although it is laid back (no TV in the room and no kids ...

... the time it's really quite refreshing. In our fale we had a proper bed but as we had changed our booking to fit in Peru we had to have one of the basic Fales for our last two nights. These are again on stilts but consist of an open sidedshack, topped with coconut thatch, the bed is a traditional mattress on the floor, these open up just feet from the tide line so you can literally walk down your wooden steps when you wake up and splash straight ...

... coloured fish. Our meals were all provided by the resort's restaurant and served buffet style at long tables. You could not help but meet the people next to you and we made many new friends in the 5 days of being there. Lots (or "heaps" as they would say) of New Zealanders were there and many have invited us to come and visit them when we go to New Zealand. The first nights supper, we all sat down and waited for what was to ...

... palm tree blinds, little deck in the front, white sandy beach... With three meals included and the price being even cheaper than Taufua we'd recommend Faofao for the place to stay in Lalomanu district. We borrowed snorkelling gear from Jasmine and Sebastian and hit the water face first. Jo had only the one experience of snorkelling, in the deep sea with 400 dolphins and panicky breathing. Samoa is a different thing altogether and after a few tries she got her brain to ...

... the beach or maybe doing some sightseeing and on Sundays everything, except church, is put on hold until next week. Not very exciting I'm afraid, but that's my life for you... I want to introduce you to some of our wanted and unwanted guests here in Vaivase Tai. Except for those disgusting cockroaches we have millipedes running around everywhere! Thankfully they are quite harmless and easy to ignore, you just try not to step on them... The latest ...

... food, fair prices, excellent service and an outstanding atmosphere - can it get any better... Then we have the main marketplace, Maketi Fou. There you get all the fruit and vegetables you need and want. My personal favorite? I think, would have to be the pineapples or the coconuts... Pineapples are just so sweet and refreshing and the coconuts provide a very nice, and popular, drink. (A hole is made in the top of the nut ...

... som Elisabeth anbefalte. Fineste stranda vi har vaert paa neon gang, akkurat som paa postkortene, solen skinte hele dagen, utrolig! Bodde i en fale (straahytte) rett paa stranda, hva mer kan man onske seg? Men, vi hadde litt for lite tid paa Samoa, og maatte dra videre neste dag. samoa bestaar nemlig av to oyer, Upolu og Savaii. Vi ville ogsaa se savaii, saa dagen ble brukt til buss og baat for aa komme oss dit. Paa savaii bodde vi rett ved en kjempefin ...