Country Info
- Apia
- Capital
- Tala (WST)
- Currency
- 179,058
- Population
- WS
- Country Code
American Samoa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Samoa
Holiday or Nazi Death Camp i'll let you decide
Today was the day. My bags packed, my shoes shined, my girlfriend more drugged up than an epiletic social worker on crack and gin. I was going on holiday baby. I met up with Sly in the morning for a quick ice mocca (you know the one where they use that ...
Talofa from Pago Pago
"Tah-low-fah" is hello in Samoan on this island of Pago Pago ("Pango Pango"). Am. Samoa is an incorporated territory of the U.S. and Pago Pago is the seat of government. The currency is U.S. dollars and both English and Samoan are spoken. Despite the ...
Mt. Alava and then on to... sloshball
We awoke early in the morning, and set out for the 5 mile hike from Fag'asa pass up to Mt. Alava, and then on to Vaitia on the other side. It was a cloudy day which kept the temperature at a cool 85 degrees. Im not kidding, thats cool. ...
The Regatta
... paddle around the harbor, sometimes we paddle over to Tamasina Beach and back. I have met a lot of fantastic people including Samoa's national women's team, many of them members of Pualele. (There are other clubs in town.) They train almost everyday ...
Vailoa Palauli
... means that it will be very easy to plant vegetable gardens in these areas. Ray and I were kind of unsure about this whole Samoa thing because it didn't seem to meet our skills or preconceived notions about where we would be and what we would be doing. ...
Outrigger racing
This weekend was the Yacht Club's Outrigger canoe races. The team from Western Samoa came over to race with the America Samoan team. Just the women's team though. The afternoon was filled with a myriad of races, including some social ...
Deep Fried Paradise: Savai'i Island
My first impression of Savai'i: I stand in water made white by the reflection of the sand beneath it and I watch the colour deepen, flaring out into endless blue; and as embarassingly cliched as this is, I want to cry. Looking out at the turquoise ...
One Year, No Way!
Traditionally around here, group members tend to celebrate benchmarks in their service. Group 72 of PC Samoa was no exception. We decided to head back to the beginnings of our affair with Vailima and South Pacific Pizza, Italianos Pizzeria. As ...
Kickin it in Apia
On Tuesday we arrived at Aganoa Beach Resort, run by a nice Samoan woman and her palagi husband. 'Palagi' (pronounced 'pa-lang-gee') is what Samoans call white people - apparently it means 'people who fall from the sky', as in fly in on planes. Anyways, ...
Catching up after vacation
... in our group. Then a few days later I was off to DeKalb for surgery. Everything went fine and I will be back in Samoa by Halloween. Peace Corps policy only allows the sick spouse to be Medivaced so Ray has been held hostage ensuring my return. If it ...
The Shortest day of our lives
... He reported to the police but because the dogs belonged to wealthy people nothing was done……therefore The Mad Dog Murderer of Samoa tossed some poisoned meat to the dog and the dog was no more. Having got a taste for this The Mad Dog Murderer ...
Aggie Grey Day
... going.and thought that if we went they might feel they were being stalked by two old Brits…..and it was their last day in Samoa. Book reading, swimming and then taxi to Sails. Had a great meal of fish soup, raw fish, meat plate and Tuna with Chilli ...
Life in the village
Days start early in Samoa. People start getting up around 5:30, with the sun. We can hear the sound of coconuts being scraped out to extract the coconut cream. The smell of smoke drifts into the room from the cooking fires. The water runs a people ...
Village Life
... four small children. Fepuleai is also raising the 2 year old son of an adopted daughter who lives in Australia. T.K. will live in Samoa until he is 5. A niece, Veronika and her family live across the road. She spends a lot of time at our house and ...
Savaii
Anne ja Gerli hommik algas väga mõnusalt - kõigepealt rikkalik hommikusöök ning seejärel lõõgastav massaaz, mis oli hotellihinna sees. Massöörideks olid väikest kasvu kohalikud tüdrukud, kelle liigutused olid üllatavalt konkreetsed ja ...
Yesterday was our last day of tradition ...
Yesterday was our last day of tradition language class. Starting Monday we're having High Intensive Language Training, where we get to pick what we want to learn. It's kind of like picking classes for college. There is a schedule set, and you pick the ...
I forgot my pictures in my hotel room i'll ...
... mailing address. It might help to add "Western" in front of "Samoa" or at least a W. because the USPS still does not recognize Samoa as an independent state/country. It does exist, and mail will not arrive if they make you put a zip code on the piece ...
Anotherone rides the bus
... and its name painted on the side, sometimes fanciful (Poetry in Motion) or drawn from Samoan mythology (Queen Poto, Manu Samoa). There is sometimes a distinctive logo as well. My favorite is a cheeky Mickey Mouse sticking out his tongue. Inside, the ...
Well, hello there, Miss Paradise...
... our final week of the 9, we have chosen Samoa to be a great way to end our travels. Our first 4 nights in Samoa were spent on the pristine beach of Lalomanu. The most picture perfect paradise beach we have ever seen, with the best snorkling on ...
Sailing, in hell
In the morning, I woke up alone, in my fale, sweating, with a pounding headache, and an insatiable thirst. We were supposed to go sailing that afternoon, and just the thought of being on a boat repulsed me. I got some water, took a shower, ...
Seven Months
Well, I have officially been here for seven months as of today! It feels longer some days. Other days it seems to fly by. I can't believe it! Oh...I came in today and Maggie came out from under the boat! Her collar was gone (I am sure taken by the ...
And already last day
... war hier wie fast ueberall in Samoa schwierig, da das Wasser flach ist und Korallenriffe scharf sind. Die 767 zurueck nach Auckland verlaesst Samoa um 1:30 am morgen, die Maschine war praktisch voll. Auf dem Rueckflug habe ich gut geschlafen. Gruss Ralf ...
Doings in Vailoa
It has been a few busy weeks in Vailoa. We started the month with the dedication on the falekomiti. This is the meeting house for the Women's Committee. The women's Committee is made up of all the wives in the village. They have responsibility for ...
Arrive in Amerika Samoa
Tom and I arrived, I sick and ready for bed. Went to my dads and slept for 4 ...
Taugata
... spot and then moved to the chief's workshop for completion. My intention was to resurrect the sailing canoe, unseen in Samoa for many years. Canoes are paddle-driven for fishing in lagoons. For work outside the reef or for ...
Tin Can Island mail reminder
Just arrived in Pago Pago, American Samoa so will give you a report on the town later. Just a reminder to those of you who would like a postcard with a unique stamp from Tin Can Island, PLEASE send me your mailing address now. The cut off time for the ...
For starters i apologize for not including ...
... the children of the community, and she wants to see them succeed. We talked about everything from the poor educational system in Samoa to human rights awareness. Since that meeting I had a follow-up meeting with her, and another meeting with the ...
Didn't know the beach could get better!
Hello everyone. We've moved down from Tanu's beach fales up in Manase and came down the east coast of Savai'i to the village of Lano. We're staying at Lauiula Beach Fales and it is quite impressive! Tanu's was our first fale experience so we didn't ...