Country Info
- Apia
- Capital
- Tala (WST)
- Currency
- 179,058
- Population
- WS
- Country Code
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Det regner stadig
... ekstra gang. og jeg besøgte forfatteren Robert Louis Stewenson, der ligger begravet på en bjergtop nær Apia. Han besøgte Samoa i slutningen af atten hundredtallet, men endte med at blive. Han erhvervede et stort stykke land hvor han bosatte sig. I ...
Last day in the fale
This was our last morning on this little corner of paradise and heavy rainfalls! Since the morning sun was up, we got changed in our swimming attire and were in the water in less than 2 seconds. We had an amazing few laps in the clear water ...
Hot hot heat!
Leaving winter behind us in Melbourne... or so we thought! We arrived in Apia and went straight to bed. Since the next morning was Sunday and everything was closed, we decided to head to our "resort" and enjoy the local lunch they had ...
Our home for about 6 nights
We arrived at Taufua Beach Fales and relished the sun and the heat,... at least for a few hours! We had a wonderful local lunch including taro, raw fish curry, roasted suckling pig and a lot more delicious food. We also had a few awesome ...
The true meaning of "Island Time"
... Peterborough. You can't really say you've "seen Canada", can you? Well, I can't say that I've *completely* seen Samoa, but I think I've taken a good look. And I quite liked what I got to see. The people were all super friendly ...
HAPPIER IN APIA
Today we arrived in Apia in Samoa and for regular readers who thought it was hot in hawaii its even hotter here. . We left the ship to go to the town of Apia and boy is it hot we left the port area to a gaggle of taxi drivers all wanting to rip off the ...
American Samoa - Pago Pago
American Samoa - Pago Pago We have 2 days at Sea after leaving Tahiti. On these days, the hardest decisions are What time do we get, where to eat breakfast, what do we want for lunch, do we want afternoon tea and what do we eat for dinner. A hard ...
Flying APW-PPG
... DHC 6-300 prop planes (Polynesian is the national airline of Samoa that only offers flights to/from PPG, competing with American Samoa-based Inter Island Air). Although American Samoa is a U.S. territory, it does not have U.S. Customs & Border ...
Dec 13, 2011
Easter Break in Savaii
... than I had expected it to be. When we sat down for a late lunch we talked to two other Swedes who were travelling around Samoa and after the meal all four of us headed for the dive centre near by. Anders was getting his PADI cert. and I just came ...
Pago Pago
We have reached Pago Pago in American Samoa after a short 2 hour flight this morning. The weather was perfect and we were wearing shorts with the vents wide open at 9000 ft. This island is beautiful with high mountains and heavy vegetation and ...
Mar 18, 2009
Excellent Vinyl Cutter, Laser Engraver from Redsai
VINYL CUTTER for Sign Making-Excellent Vinyl cutter from Redsail China Redsail, have developed vinyl cutter for the sign industry and with our own technology, we have the copyright of the firmware, we have 4 patents in China. By ...
ohhhh what a day!
Hello from Vava'u. I went for my 2 dives, first was 30 metres deep and the second was 25 metres, both were 45 minutes and the dives were spectacular. The first was at the "Fingers" and had 2 small caves that went through the coral and the second was at ...
Samoa Day #1
... the 30th began at 10:51 a.m., when I got out of bed at Beachfront Bungalow 4 at Le Uaina Seaside Resort here in Faleapuna, Samoa (my 83rd country). Mom and I ate an early lunch at the restaurant, having slept through breakfast, which ended at 10 a.m. The ...
Oahu, Day 5...and on to Pago Pago!!
... past...direct disembarkation to the tarmac, then into a cattle pen area for immigration, baggage pickup, and customs. While American Samoa is a US territory, they have their own rules and regulations. US citizens need passports to visit. The trip to our ...
A walk around town
... they do back home... Last, but not least, I want to show you a picture from the National University of Samoa. This enormous Fale Samoa is located right in the center of the university. I haven't really got the hang of what ...
Paradise is wearing thin
It's taken a while to get this entry up as internet access in the pacific islands is limited, expensive and slow. Now that we are on Waiheke Island with our own broadband, things are looking up Paradise is wearing thin We're on the phone ...
no day
In the US we were 9 hours younger than at home and we just could have continued crossing time lines and rejuvenating until we'll have gained a full day and get back home: Zurich - London: 1hr London - Los Angeles: 8hrs We won ...
Samoa
... guide me to their taxi and I laughed. Finally I talked them down to 25 tala, which is half of what they wanted. Samoa is hot and humid. There is no beaches near the capital city of Apia and Apia is a good 30 kilometers from the ...