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We are in Samoa
Not much Internet so Hawaii and Samoa pictures may not appear for a while Well it appears we found some Internet all be it slow It has been hot sunny and rainy ( monsoon style)
An Unexpected Treat
... where family members are there, not only for moral support, but to make sure the boy is as comfortable as they can be during the tattoo ceremony. They will hold the skin taught for the tatooer and wipe away the blood from the tapping. Before the more sterile tattooing practice came into being common, many boys would be near death by the time their tattooing was completed. The pride aspect plays a role here as well as a survivor of the tattoo art ...
Tolofa auf die knallige Art
Das war aber mal eine Ankunft. Während ich den letzten Tag in den Mamanucas umher segelte hatte ich immer so ein kleines mulmiges Gefühl, ob ich mich da nicht verkalkuliert habe. Ich wusste ungefähr man mein Flug geht, jedoch nicht die genaue Uhrzeit. Irgendwas mit 8 Uhr Abends. Als ich gegen 18:30 wieder ins Hotel kam, war ich mehr als erleichtert, dass der Flug erst 20:50 ging. Zumindest bis ich zwei Zeilen weiter Unten gelesen habe, dass man 3 Stunden vor Abflug ...
Western Samoa: men in skirts
... of a huge hole in the ground, a collapsed lava tube that filled and drained with the tide. This giant hole opened to a second hole in the ground through a large cave. Both holes extended a hundred feet into the ground had sides that hung with vines and glowing green life. When we swam through the adjoining cave, we found it to be one of the highlights of the trip because of the exotic strangeness of it. We were there alone, in a place that would have attracted hundreds of people ...
Fia fia
... length skirts adorned with flowers in their hair and neck. Their choreography was a lot less energetic and principally involved gentle swaying and the occasional turn.
Following this was a moment of audience participation and Andy was one of the “lucky” three guys chosen to get on stage and join in with some of the female dancers on stage, one of whom was the Samoan equivalent of Olivia Newton John apparently (not entirely sure of ...