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Travel Blogs from Savai'i
Road Trip
... falls, Mu Pagoa. When we got there, kids were playing in a stream and waterfalls leading out to the ocean. We pulled over to the shoulder and started to walk back to get a better view. All of a sudden, out of the blue, we were asked for 5 Tala from a local woman – the old standard of everything being on private land. We paid our admission and proceeded; the kids all swarmed like bees on honey. They wanted to get in all of our pictures and acted ...
Savaii with Michaela & Alister
... directions!
The Tree Canopy Walk was not for sissy's - it took the oldies to show the kids how to do it! They got half way up but then the swing bridge eliminated the pair of them and the scuttled to ground level once they'd crossed the span.
Peter & I trudged on to the very top so we could say we'd done ...
Samoan sojourn
... hour flight, and by the time we touched down in picturesque Samoa, more specifically Apia, it was sweltering in the Friday morning heat. The fact that it was Friday was also difficult to comprehend, as Samoa sits just a whisper away on the other side of the International Date Line, and as such was effectively 23 hours behind NZ, so my short flight had just gained me an extra day.
I caught a taxi down to the ferry where I had a tiresome wait of a couple hours, as I ...
Der schönste Ort der Welt - Samoa
... eine Linkssteuerung. Das allgemeine Tempolimit von 50 km/h wird hoffentlich zu einer Entschärfung dieser diffizilen Herausforderung an mein fahrerisches Können beitragen. Der Hintergrund zu diesem Wechsel der Straßenseite ist übrigens, dass Samoa sich in Zukunft stärker an Australien und Neuseeland als an den USA orientieren möchte. Als weitere Konsequenz wird Samoa zum Neujahr auch eine Zeitzone weiter nach Westen versetzt - und mithin in die selbe ...
A 'milestone' birthday on laid-back Savai'i
... supported by posts or tree branches, a roof made from palm tree fronds and glass louvers at the front and sides to allow breezes to cool the interior.
Driving through the villages, they all seem to have large communal fales where the extended family spends time resting, weaving, talking, playing with children etc. These vary in niceness and quality but ...