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The Pacific Pearl Apia

Lalovaea St., Togafuafua Apia, Upolu, Samoa Western

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Samoa Day #3

A travel blog entry by lewnwdc

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... four rooms displaying exhibits on Samoan culture, people, environment, and history. It was interesting, but brief – our visit took less than an hour. But it was well timed – it poured rain while we were inside the museum and stopped when we exited. That was good fortune. We’ve had rain every day while in Samoa; usually in short but heavy bursts of tropical showers.

It was now lunchtime and, with limited time until we needed to leave Apia ...

Flying NAN-APW

A travel blog entry by lewnwdc

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... the highway. Then the guy in the booth yelled at us. I backed up and he said we needed to pay 2 tala (90 cents). I told him we had just picked up a rental car and had not parked. He said we still had to pay 2 tala. I then put the car in park as Mom and I yelled at the guy for trying to charge us to pick up a rental car. Just like with the carry-on bag weighing in Fiji, here was a new experience again – the first time in 83 countries I’ve ever been asked ...

Christmas on island time

A travel blog entry by worldlybound

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... go to Savaii for the first week of our vacation. Having arrived after the last ferry left for Savaii, we were forced to stay in a hotel for the evening. Our room was a small cottage with holes in the screens. The mosquitoes just loved William’s soft youthful skin. Why eat an old cow when you can have veal? After William’s first night, I inspected his skin and considered for a moment that he had contracted the chicken pox ...

Delayed gratification

A travel blog entry by chrisphillip

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... our cousin Mary Taylor and pick up her car, which we are buying. I should say that by this time it is Tuesday 30th November.

We’ve been traveling for three months exactly and it’s time to stop. Because our tenants here have vacated, we decide to delay our planned tour of Northland until next year and concentrate on getting established on the Island.

Next posting will be about our first visit to our home on Waiheke Island in 4 ...

In einem gewächshaus

A travel blog entry by doerty_die

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... von sarah, die ihren weg zurück nah fidjii machte und bereitete mich auf ein neues land u neue aufgaben vor :) eigentlich war ich nicht bereit zu gehen, denn es war eine tolle zeit und ein kleines stückchen meinen herzens habe ich auf manono island zurück gelassen... aber irgendwann kommt die zeit, da muss man weiterziehen. und die zeit war für mich gekommen...

dennoch werde ich manche dinge, die ich hie erlebte natülich nie vergessen. zum beispiel die verückte bussfahrt ...