American Samoa

We are enroute to Pago Pago now and will arrive tomorrow morning, Sept. 18th. On the morning of Sept. 20, we will be dropping off the ship's mail by way of an old tradition of putting it in a tin can and passing it to a local boat. Originally, the mail ...

[Just as daylight was creeping up on the small island of Ofu, I stirred myself from my bed. I wanted to catch the sunrise. I mounted one of the bikes the lodge let us use, and headed off towards the beach. The dogs bolted out of the house after me, ...

"Tah-low-fah" is hello in Samoan on this island of Pago Pago ("Pango Pango"). Am. Samoa is an incorporated territory of the U.S. and Pago Pago is the seat of government. The currency is U.S. dollars and both English and Samoan are spoken. Despite the ...

We awoke early in the morning, and set out for the 5 mile hike from Fag'asa pass up to Mt. Alava, and then on to Vaitia on the other side. It was a cloudy day which kept the temperature at a cool 85 degrees. Im not kidding, thats cool. We start up the ...