Lusia's Lagoon Chalets Salelologa

... able to fit all the different vendors and all their goods in one place. The old market outgrew its facility and growing island population.<br><br>It was actually a bit difficult for me walking around Samoa because of the heat and because of the fact that people had to keep ourselves covered. Because of the influence of Christian missionaries, Samoans are generally ...

... resort" built at a lagoon. I stayed in an overwater fale (fah-lay), which is a traditional Samoan thatched hut.<br><br>The owner, Lusia, is one of those rare female Matai's, or village chief, who owns and operates her own business. Most matai's are usually male, but women are now slowly increasing in those positions. Lusia told me she originally bought the land to help preserve the native ...

... Once inside immigration was already right there and once passed them I was already standing and waiting for my pack at the luggage retrieval. There was only one luggage claim for the entire airport. It was a very small airport.<br><br>I made plans to go straightaway to the wharf once off the plane since I had planned to take the ferry to Savaii ("big island" of Samoa) and start my ...

... temps bien que mal en direction du filet grand ouvert en éclaboussant et en faisant le plus de bruit possible. Vers environ 19 heures, il faisait nuit noire et on y voyait plus rien mais on a quand même réussi à pêcher 3 poissons - idéal pour le dernier diner sur les iles...du poisson frais! La méthode traditionnelle pour tuer le poisson est de le mordre derriere la tête...Ils nous demander si on voulait essayer mais on a préferé refuser! Le dinner ...

... that we were going to have to wait for almost three hours for the next ferry. It turned out that one departure was missing on the timetable and that we actually were on time fore the 12 o'clock ferry, we even had time to buy some improvised lunch from one of the shops by the wharf. The ferry took almost two hours to cross and when we finally made it to Salelologa we hopped on a bus bound for Sasina and hoped that we would get of at the ...

... lunch. We had spam (yes, spam!) and cheese sandwiches in a hotel restaurant and we were the only people there! After lunch we tried again at the ford, this time being persued by the locals that it was ok to drive through, and only after we witness several others getting across fine. So i started the car and drove steadily toward the ford, then suddenly, without no prior warning or histeria, Victoria screamed "This isn't for me!". Shortly followed by "I've got to get out, Craig ...

... le coup d etat au fiji.. en plus c est assez cher.. du coup la premiere nuit je l ai passee dans un motel dans le centre sans fenetre.. et pas tres propre... ca n avait rien d un paradis.. l ile principale et plus peuplee et y a quand meme pas mal de touristes australiens, kiwis, ricains.. donc j ai change rapidemment d ile... l autre ile recoit 3 fois moins de touristes.... et les touristes sont aux 2/3 des samoans exile.. donc il reste pas beaucoup de ...

... the unlit road between the many villages that line the coast. After a fruit-heavy breakfast next morning, we were informed that we were the honoured first ever guests of the Samoan Village Guesthouse, and made to feel most welcome. Our host happily drove us into the centre of "town," as Apia, the capital, is known in all parts of the main island of the country, where we took a slow walk around the harbour amongst the heat and ...

We didn't touch down till the early hours of the morning, we were both excited about warm weather that neither of us were too tired. For our first two nights we stayed in a beautiful place called 'Hidden Gardern' in the islands capital Apia, a selection of huts surrounded by a dense tropical garden. Breakfast was included in the price and was possible the nicest we had since being away, it included fresh fruit (from the garden) and rounds of toast. Eti who ...

... had a light lunch and were back on the bus for Apia. We had to make a couple of stops along the way to procure appropriate beverages and had a fun ride with lots of bad singing. That evening the old volunteers had a pizza party for us new uns at the hotel. It was really fun. The next morning we were all dispersed to our sites. The 6 of us going to Savaii were transported to our villages, with our huge piles of belongings, by the PC ...