Vailoa, Samoa Western

Those of you who know Ray know that he is very involved with Civil War re-enacting.  This is a special report that he produced for the Battery Rag of Battery G Northern Illinois Light Artillery.  Though Ray had to give up his commission as a ...

... and I got tattoos.  We spent the first night in Apia to get a little sleep in AC then it was off to Vailoa.  The first night some of the members of our Peace Corps committee brought dinner and officially greeted mom and Josh.  We stayed in ...

Days start early in Samoa. People start getting up around 5:30, with the sun. We can hear the sound of coconuts being scraped out to extract the coconut cream. The smell of smoke drifts into the room from the cooking fires. The water runs a people take ...

... and its name painted on the side, sometimes fanciful (Poetry in Motion) or drawn from Samoan mythology (Queen Poto, Manu Samoa). There is sometimes a distinctive logo as well. My favorite is a cheeky Mickey Mouse sticking out his tongue. Inside, the body ...