Hotel Millenia Apia
Beach Road, PO Box 214 Apia, Upolu, Samoa Western
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HAPPIER IN APIA
... from the ship to a hotel called Aggie Greys . Aggies as the locals call it is a
colonial building which is very proud of its british heritage (pictures of the Queen and royal family )
every where we sat in the bar and ordered 2 large beers 1 small beer(for me) and 1 larege coke (for
me) the waitress brought our order the large beers were 750cl and so was the coke all in glass bottles
and all ice cold the glasses were all ice cold ...
Christmas on island time
... a generous and pleasant people. They are always ready with a smile and a wave of the hand. Most Samoans are Christians of different church affiliations. Believe it or not we actually witnesses two guys in the traditional black pants and white top with briefcase and name tag of the 7th Day Adventist or the Christ of Latter Day Saints (I can't remember) walking in the hot sun attempting to enlist the non converted into their ministry. ...
Samoa – where they drive like us
... shrubs and flowers. The building is of typical collonial style and one could see why Robert Louis Stevenson preferred the climate and serene beauty of the South Pacific to the cold and cobbled streets of aul Reekie!
Chris and Roisin were just in time to witness a Kava Ceremony. This seems to have been laid on for the coach load of official tours but as it was held in a fale, a traditional house with no walls, just a straw roof, they had no problem ‘bunking ...
Seriously, follow your instincts
... br> Good Clean Trailer Living
*Yeah - now that we took out all the mildew and nasty broken ****!
ARRRGGGHHHH
Oh - did I mention that it rained most of the weekend. Thank goodness it was sunny when we were installing the insulation - but for the most part - it's been raining for 30,000 days straight and I"m about to lose my mind. Another post.
As the wise man always says, "This too shall pass."
Amen brotha
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Kickin it in Apia
... like batons. We enjoyed a buffet dinner afterwards and then came back to the hotel, exhausted.
Today we had planned to do some swimming activities around Apia but the weather is still rotten so it will have to wait. Instead we are catching up on reading, writing, and relaxing (as if we really need to catch up on relaxing...).
We are half way through our Samoan adventure, with one island down and one to go..
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