Le Alaimoana Hotel Apia

... onto the lava flow to drop coconuts into the blowhole for a fee so that Palagis (Par-lung-ees) can take photos from a respectable vantage point, well outside range of the missiles. The term Palagi is the local term for a foreigner. A brief respite at the blowholes gave us the energy to continue on an 80km trip, which took about 2.5 hours to get to Manase (Man-ass-ee) for dinner.

... Taufua Beach Fales has the best location on the island, well worth the two hour drive from Apia Airport. Sili the Samoan owner warmly greets all his guests as they arrive. The resort is built in the typical Samoan style, no air con here! but as you are right on the beach, with a constant breeze it's actually ok. The fales are set on stilts, we opted for a private bathroom, which was handy! There is only cold running water but as it's warm ...

... on ne pouvait pas vraiment se plaindre. Julien qui peut parfois perdre patience était tout relax lui aussi. A croire que ce mode de vie dans les iles est contagieux. Nous avons passé la journée sur cette ile vraiment sympa. Pas de voitures, même pas 10 habitants en tout et quelques fales pour accueillir les quelques touristes qui veulent venir passer une nuit sur l'ile. On a lézarder sur la plage, on s'est baigné avec une locale de 3 ans qui nageait comme un poisson dans l ...

... Fiji and Samoa. NC is French i.e. expensive, Fiji is very touristic and since we wanted something more 'traditional' than big resorts, Samoa was our choice. Seeing the island from the plane was exciting, this little dot in the ocean, surrounded by a reef and brilliantly turquoise water. After a long winter we were looking forward to the hot sun and it was no disappointment when stepping out of the plane a wall of hot humid air hit us in the face... bliss! Apia, the ...

... ja oma väiksuse ja kompaktsuse tõttu ka justkui ilusam - kogu maantee kulgeb praktiliselt mõne meetri kaugusel ookeanist ning vaateid, mida meile nende rannikute väisamine pakkus, on raske unustada. Omaette iluobjektiks on ookean ise - nii palju erinevaid värve ja maalilisi vaateid korraga on täiesti erakordne. Niipalju kui mina (Anne) maailmas ringi olen liikunud - sellist ookeani ilu pole veel kogenud. Tee on ääristatud küladega ning külad ise on üsna pisikesed ...

For the last 5 days we've been stay in a beach fale in the South East of 'Upolo Island. The beach was absolutely beautiful. It was a fantastically relaxing place. The ocean is warm and refreshing down here and swimming after breakfast, mid afternoon and before the sun goes down is a must - at least it was for me! We had some fantastic weather the first 3 days and then some offset rain on the last two but ...

... were once used one sees now only aluminum catamarans powered by outboard motors. The Samoan heritage people at the university tell me that there is no documentation of the technical details of the Samoan sailing canoe. They advised me to get a canoe and put any kind of a sail on it at all, to see if any old men would come out of the woods to tell me why it was wrong. This sounded like a good idea, but from the amount ...

... as well as a smile. OK. -Locals here only make about 80 cents CDN an hour, yet many things cost the same as back home..... -Wrestler/actor The Rock was born at Lalamanu beach, where we are headed today for a 7 night stay! -There are no poisonous insects here, but there are hard-shelled bugs as big as Mark Donnenworth's fist Time is expiring and the humid outdoor's of Apia await us..........

... et la nourriture et pas variee... riz poissons,poissons riz... pas de legumes.. et comme fruit bananes et papayes.. et pas des grosses portions.. autre chose c est que c est plus touristique.. on devait etre une bonne 20ene dans le village... reparti entre les bungalows de luxe a 200usd et les bugets a 25aud$ en demi pension par jour.. et du coup ca fait une coupure les locaux se melent pas trop aux touristes... a toi de faire l effort.. ilsontpeur du ...

... it out again was not readily forthcoming. It was finally spirited out by a large gang of small boys sympathetic to my predicament so I have the use of it again, at least for the time being until the High Chief returns from a conference in Upolu. Having the boat built new was better than buying a used one in any case, because I was able to observe the entire boatbuilding ...