Turtle & Shark Lodge Pago Pago

... practicing my dog whispering skills on them though, and am fairly convinced that I can take over the show if something happens to Caesar.<br><br>Life is starting to get into a routine down here. I'm pretty comfortable with the new house, and don't have any real complaints. It really big, and since our rooms are on the second floor, we get a pretty nice breeze that cools everything down pretty good. We've lost luxuries like a/c ...

... we were told that the move was final and that there was nothing we could do about it. So we'll be moving down the street. It won't be too bad though, the house is still a lot nicer than what some volunteers have.<br><br>We also started school yesterday. I'm teaching one Calc course, one Pre-calc course, and 3 geometry courses. I have an fourth geometry course for the first 3 weeks because one of the teachers is off island until then. Things have been fairly ...

... on runs here, so the locals actually break out laughing when they see me sometimes, but it's starting to rub off on the group, and now about 2/3's of us are up and running some amount a couple times a week. <br><br>We had one girl drop out of the program after only one day. It was kind of creepy, she just had a total breakdown and kind of went crazy. She started telling all the guys that they were going to father her child, and ...

Friday 5 September Lost in Time For a day that doesn't exist, it's quite pleasant. Calm enough for a three-mile walk, anyway. Have decided to shift most of my gadgets to New Zealand time for a while. Right now, my watch says it's 10:09 on the 5th; my computer says ...

Pago Pago (American Samoa) - 9th February 2008. Hot, humid and the occasional shower was the weather of the day when we arrived at Pago Pago. We had no trips planned and decided to wander around the harbour, however on leaving the ship there was a "bus" taking visitors around the island for 10$ each so we hopped on hoping for the best. The bus was a wooden construction with no glass in the ...

... Th main industry is fishing and a huge cannery here is owned by Star Kist Tuna. The big fishing boats have a small heliocopter on the deck pad which is used to hunt for schools of tuna. Wish I had that kind of resource in Mexico! Gwen and I walked about 3 miles to one end of the town, came back to the ship for lunch, then walked about 3 miles to the other end. The Samoans were very friendly, we saw ...

Just arrived in Pago Pago, American Samoa so will give you a report on the town later. Just a reminder to those of you who would like a postcard with a unique stamp from Tin Can Island, PLEASE send me your mailing address now. The cut off time for the mail is 6:00 pm tonight which is 10:00 pm in Los Angeles. Linda