Country Info
- Apia
- Capital
- Tala (WST)
- Currency
- 179,058
- Population
- WS
- Country Code
Apia Slideshow
Apia
Travel Blogs from Apia, Samoa Western
APIA: capitol. main city. port. business district
... on Sundays. However, some of that has all been slowly changing with the growing popularity of Samoa as a tourist destination spot and lots of growing Western influence---mostly from New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Thus, a couple ...
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum and grave
... an activist for Samoan rights, very much pro-Samoan independence and anti-European colonization (Germany and others once colonized Samoa). He was also a legendary storyteller to the peoples of Samoa and was given the Samoan name ...
Historical Aggie Grey's Hotel and a "Fia Fia"
... War II she was taught by the American G.I.'s how to make hamburgers and ended up becoming the "best burger joint" in Samoa. Her burger joint evolved to include a boarding house, which eventually became a hotel. As her hotel business grew ...
Psychiatry and Samoa: a quick round-up
... ; Morbidity associated with psychiatric illness is worse in developed countries like the UK compared with developing countries like Samoa. This is most likely due to the fact that patients, upon discharge aren't absolved of responsibility and are ...
Greetings from somewhere warm and sunny
Well, another three months have passed since I last sat down to write an email home to everyone with an update on life over here in Samoa. In some ways, it seems like I have been here forever, but at the same time, time is passing so quickly, and all of a ...
Samoa
Talofa - Off we head to the middle of the pacific to Samoa! The coolest thing about going here, is that we crossed over the date line. So we had two Tuesdays! A bit of a ground hog day for us.... Samoa, is fantastic. 10 days of being on a ...
Fia fia
... live music akin to their cultural heritage which sounds good and the terrible pop I criticised before. In the latter, they take western songs such as Adele’s "Someone Like You" and put an artificial and unnecessary rhythmic backing to it complete ...
Age Revered
... the elderly are highly respected, and sub-standard care for them wouldn’t be tolerated by family or the community at large. Samoa boasts enviable qualities that the West could learn from and the way they treat their elderly in many ways could put us ...
Police in skirts
It's St Patrick's day - but it hardly feels like it. It feels like we are at the end of the world. No cell phone and no internet for an entire week. Bliss! I highly doubt there are any Irish pubs around, though we might have a bit of our own celebration ...
Talofa Apia
Talofa Lava, Arrival in Apia, Samoa on Polynesia Blue flights from Sydney is at 1.30am. God bless the friends who are willing to drive out to Faleolo Airport to collect you. It shouldn't take long to get through customs and ...
Christmas on island time
Talofa from Samoa We left Aukland December 17th and crossed the international date line just before landing in Apia, Samoa. We left on Friday and when we landed we started Friday all over again. This put us in time with Canada and the U.S.A. ...
Monday - Day 1
... gained a day as we crossed the International Date Line. So we left Brisbane on Monday night 6pm Brisbane Time and arrived in Samoa at 2am on Monday the 4th May. The most excitement was arriving into Faleolo International Airport (located on the ...
Not quite there yet...
... here, but this is all very fuzzy - did I mention how early it was?) Onto plane for four-hour Polynesian Blue flight to Samoa. About two hours in, announcement comes on - we've turned around due to mechanical issues. But... but... Yeah, we weren't ...
Samoa, land of smiles
... festival seemed to go on and on, looked like it was still on two weeks later when we left! Apia is the hub of Samoa with a big market, lots of supermarkets, central bus station, flea market etc. The food market sells all kinds of ...
Epidemic in Tatiana
... they’re a big deal. The first “Sione” film (Sione’s Wedding) was incredibly popular in both Samoa and New Zealand which prompted a remake several years later. The actors themselves were just lovely and very obliging, especially as ...
Samoan Weather in all its glory
Today is Sunday which effectively means everything is shut down in Samoa as everyone heads off to church. As the weather was glorious, especially after the torrential downpours we have had to endure we set off to a beach in cramped transportation (the ...
Sunday - Day 7
... offering great protection for fish and swimmer alike. One of the islands, Nuutele (Noo-oo-telly) Island previously housed a leper colony for Samoa. The Black Sand Beach, just off Aganoa (agg-an-oww-ar), is a local haunt for surfers and is one of the ...
Beatiful Samoa
... had always wanted to go to Samoa as I had previously worked in Fiji and Tonga and I had heard good things about Samoa. I arrived into Apia airport late at night after leaving Auckland. Samoa is the last country to the date line so I technically gained ...
I got ma rum and ma Red Bull
... four weeks have been excellent and despite doing a lot of sightseeing I have learnt a lot about Mental Health in Samoa and Samoan society. Personal Highlights: - Beautiful country with plentiful sunshine ...
Saturday - Day 6
A brief run into the markets of Apia to purchase some local seafood for lunch and stock up on Valima (val-eem-ar a local medicinal brew) filled the morning before rain set in for a couple of hours. After the running around of the past few days it was ...
HUNGRY FOR SAMOA? SUPERSIZE IT!
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie ...
Thursday - Day 4
Today was an early start (6am) as we needed to catch the ferry from Mulifanua (Mooli-far-noo-ar) Wharf, just 5km east of the Faleolo International Airport, to go to the island of Savaii (Sar-vie-ee). This is the second largest island in the Samoan group ...
Anyone for a sauna?
Apia is the capital of Samoa (used to be called Western Samoa but now they are independent they have dropped the Western) but it is called a town not a city because of its size, there are just 1800 people living there. Outside of Apia there are only ...
Concert in Apia (SAMOA)
Apia is the capital and the largest city of Samoa. The city is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second largest island. Apia is the only 'city' in Samoa and falls within the political district (itūmālō) of Tuamasaga. The ...
Please carry on visiting Samoa !!!
... a bit but the only other places open seemed to be more in the style of beach resorts - we reckoned three were open on the Western end of the same coastline. Of course there are plenty of areas of the country that were not affected by the Tsunami, and they ...
Apia, Samoa anyone?
One of these days I'm gonna take pictures, I really am! Oh, and by the way, did anyone notice that I lost a day along the way? I think it was somewhere around...?? I'll get back to ya on that one. : ...
28 hours later
... to stay awake though, it felt as if someone had ran me over! After almost five struggling hours we boarded the plane to Apia, Samoa and feel asleep almost instantly and slept until we were given breakfast right before we landed. 28 hours later, ...
Samoa
Sorry about the delay everybody. Findingf Internet is sketchy. I only have a few moments but I will be down loading pictures and crap on the weekend. All I can say so far is its Smoking HOT!!! The hospital is nuts. I have soo many cool stories to ...