Pasefika Inn Apia

... that is about 15 deg.C - very cooling on a hot day. On the way we also saw a game of Kirikiti in progress. It is a game loosely based on Cricket. The story goes that the English introduced the game but didn't leave any rules behind that the Samoans understood, so they adapted it! Certainly much more entertaining the game we are used to.

... the Airport, boarded the flight, sat on there for an hour and a half only to be told the leak had not been fixed fully, I'm glad I wasn't on that flight down form LA! We were ushered back into the tiny terminal and there we stayed until 4am in the morning, until they finally realised there was no quick fix. We stayed over night in a hotel and were told the following morning the flight was cancelled and we would have to wait until 5.40am the ...

... 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 ...

... festive and the 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 vegetables, things we have never seen before (sea cucumber innards, anyone?) and of course lots of coconuts. One minus point of Apia are the roosters that kept on 'singing' all night long. Aren't they supposed to sing ...

... many parts of Micronesia-a lush, green island, with colorful flowers (an abundance of ginger!), some paved roads, some two-story buildings, some tourist information, and lots of evidence of the powerful storms that have come through (especially the potholes in the roads, concrete walls and curbs that are broken and worn away) . We walked into town from the pier, visited the market and the church, and ...

... the master boat builder of the district agreed to build me a new one, but he demanded a hefty bribe over and above the value of the boat. Even so, it is not quite a traditional Samoan paopao though useful enough for my purposes. Then, after I had sailed it a few times, the Tu'ua Sili insisted it be put away in a fale 'to protect it.' It took four men to do this, as the boat is quite heavy-one of the ways in which it ...

... auch so viele Neuseeländer kennen gelernt, dass wir auf unsere Tour dort schon einige Kaffees verplant haben. Ich hoffe, dass wir in den nächsten Tagen mal so online kommen, dass ich die ganzen vorbereiteten Internettagebuch-Einträge auch mal online stellen kann. Jetzt werd ich mich noch ein wenig draussen an den strand in einen Fale setzen und lesen. Drückt mir die Daumen, dass ich nicht allzu wild gestochen werd. Vielel iebe Grüße aus Samoa und bis demnächst in Neuseeland :-)

... hi**zulande so laeuft. Erst drei Tage spaet**, als wir uns fu** den sonntaeglichen Kirchengang ruesten, w**den wir auf den Boden d** Realitaet zurueckgeholt: Erst Samstag sei's, wird uns beschieden, und uns**e Sonntagskluft deshalb (weil v**frueht) entschieden deplazi**t. Also Hemd weg, Badehose an. Seith** orienti**en wir uns wied** eh** an den Monaten denn an den Wochentagen und ueb**lassen das Denken and**en.

... apres.. tu suffoques. t es coincer pendant plus d une heure.. j ai trouver une auberge sympa cette fois a apia la capitale, grace au couple d allemand, princesse tui... je recommandes... meme si y a plain de gens dans le guesbook qui critiquais si et ca.. mais apres savai i.. pour moi avoir de belles toilettes, de l eau chaude.. un bon lit... de la lumiere... un luxe... voila ensuite retour a fiji... passer une nuit... ou une demi nuit arrivea 3h du mat.. et ...