Samoa

well i flew out of Auckland tea time on a thursday and landed thursday morning !

strange thing this date line business.

spent a day around Apia then headed out to Return to Paradise beach,(named after a Cary Grant film)

it was beautiful and i got chatting to two Kiwi Samoans who gave me beer, food and Sprite. top blokes

stayed for a couple of nights above Apia in Cloud 9 eco lodge. absolutely stunning views and i had the place all to myself ! nice bottle of Pinot noir with steak

then got the ferry over to Savai'i.

very quiet except for the mothers day traffic.(they have public hols for mothers day , fathers day and Children day)!

went up to Cape mulinu or soemthing. the last place on land to see the sun set ! not bad except it was a bit cloudy. stayed at a lovely hotel near there which i had all to myself !

next morning went to the little place where there is a Shrek rope bridge and then steps built around a huge banyan tree up to a platform. my knees were knocking worse than the Bungy jump !

it was about 150 ft up !

then headed back to Apia.

got trapped in the toilet on the packed ferry,(the door handle fell off ) ! had to squeeze through a tiny gap at the top , ripped my crucifix off after it dug a scar into my chest then emerged into the ladies, strange looks from every one !


my last day was even more stressful when i found out that three of my t shirts had been nicked off the line at Princess Tui and then the little stream i had to cross to get back to the eco lodge had turned into a river , so had to dump the car and wade across.

but the people there were beautiful and chilled me out, so did the last of the Bundy !

very religous and stunning villages. all the people i met were nice except one drunk and the t shirt thief !

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