http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Samoa , Upolu , Apia en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 07:44:36 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 07:44:36 +0000 Back underway to get to Tonga wersquove skipped a day Yep the international dateline strikes again. On the way out we had two Mondays and now theyrsquove skipped Saturday What a crock... Friday Sunday and back to Monday. At least they arenrsquot skipping pizza night. Every underway Saturday the cooks make several different types of pizza and MWR committee donates sodas to the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-422138.html Arrived this morning to Apia....coming from very hot hot place to hot and humid place again...but thinking about seasons....love it. Love this kind of weather. Anyway...I think I am privileged by having an opportunity of travelling around OCEANIA and visiting beautiful places. Arrived to Apia this morning and staying at beautiful resort called Aggy Greys. It was my friends recommendation. They w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-421889.html Outside of Apia and beyond I finally get off the ship when itrsquos still AM So Dave the Navigator 2nd Mate calls me last night to see if Irsquom still interested in sharing a taxi to go explore and I say ldquoof courserdquo. I work a bit in the morning just trying to get the guys off the ship to enjoy the island a bit. Why are we working on the 4th of July again So after http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-417002.html NOOOOoooo... this doesn't mean I'm mad a Jeremy. Roger and Hammerstein's musical South Pacific is the only exposure to what kind of adventure I'm in for with Pacific Partnership 2009. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair is a song from that movie. What were you guys thinking We anchored outside of Apia Samoa on June 30th. What began as a fuzzy little speck of land transformed http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-410997.html This is the place for another pin in the map. A little dot in the middle of hundreds of miles of the Pacific Ocean. It is most famous as the place where the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson lived for the last 5 years of his life. He authored the book Treasure Island. He moved here late in life because he had tuberculosis and felt the climate would be favorable. He and his wife died her http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-372142.html The last couple of weeks has been mainly a succession of lsquolastsrsquo for me and Ed as we prepared to leave Samoa. Last weekend away to beach fales last swim last visit to the fruit and vegie lady last day at work last mango smoothie last night out on the town in Apia last outrigger paddle last time to see friendshellipSome lasts came and went without us realising for example th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-356211.html Itrsquos mango season now in Samoa and all over Apia you can see trees heavy with the fruit and hundreds of overripe ones litter the ground everywhere. The smell of mangoes to me means Christmas and it certainly feels like all my Christmases have come at once with this many mangoes available. I could eat mangoes all day every day which is pretty much what Irsquove been doing. Their juic http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-351151.html Friday 19th October 2007 Friday 26th October 2007Toni GreenhillBlair Newton http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-341771.html Die Zeit fliegtViel gibt es nicht zu erzhlen. Das Paradies ist nicht sehr vielseitig. Nachdem ich die erste Insel erkundet hatte bin mit der Fhre zur anderen Insel gefahren. Nach einer Stunde war ich dann auf Savaii. Der erste Eindruch war dass es hier noch ruhiger ist als auf Upolu. Im Norden der Insel habe ich mich in eine Fale eingebucht und habe von dort aus die Insel erkundet. Sehr schn http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-316583.html we depart once again. tomorrow morning we sail to vanuatu... should be a 78 day journey. wish i had more time for the internet blogging and catching up with everyone but the computer access seems to be on 'island time' see fanning island and i could very well spend days on it if i really wanted too... another time. i hope all is well and good with everyone. as the sun sets softly over foreig http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-311984.html enjoy the pictures... http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-311895.html It's been the better part of three weeks now since I left and had internet access... where do I begin Currently I am in Samoa home of the Samoan land of an island. I am enjoying a steady boat running water showers and environmental stimulation. No wait a minute. Let me backup... Journal entry July 26th DEPARTURE we set sail july 24th 830am from the hawaiian yacht club. after the s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-311498.html SamoaAus den paar Stunden ist dann nocheinml drei Nchte geworden. Ich hatte mich an dem Tag an dem ich fliegen sollte zum Flughafen begeben. Dort angekommen habe ich auf der Anzeigetafel meinen Flug gesucht und nicht gefunden. Als ich dann in meinen Unterlagen nachgeschaut habe hat mich der Schlag getroffen ich hatte meinen Flug verpasst. Nach dem der erste Schock vorbei war habe ich bei der http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-308499.html It's one of those traumatic childhood stories. We all have one. Moonlit graveyards sock eating monsters under the bed the Boogy Man fluffy bunny rabbits lumpy toads there is a spinetingling nemesis out there for everyone. Some are a bit more understandable than others such as my strapping 6 foot 3 Scottish friend who has an apprehension towards turkeys of the gobble gobble variety not http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-303851.html Sorry for the long wait between posts. We were on an island in Samoa with only ltgulpgt dial up. Samoa is like Hawaii but there's no dry side of the islands only green everywhere with lots of waterfalls. The villages have nicely painted houses and fales in all shades of the rainbow. The grass is kept trimmed and bordered by decorative plants and flowers. There's very little trash around http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-302972.html Slumbering bedding down bunking catnapping zoning out catching forty winks and hitting the hay. Normal people call it sleeping a state of inactivity or unconsciousness. Somewhere between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. individuals all over the world are sleeping and recharging their bodies and restless minds. Lucky them. I haven't completely slept through a night in several months for we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-291048.html Hello Julia here and a very belated Happy New Year to allI recently joined a local soccer team having been invited by a colleague who plays with a bunch of his former workmates from a previous job. Itrsquos 11 a side with a minimum of five girls on field at any time and we get to play on the fields from the South Pacific Games so the set up is pretty good. Irsquom the only palagi fore http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-245792.html Hi Guys......thanks for still being this interested. Since our last entry we have been on our whale watching tour. What a waste of money that was. It was quite possibly the worst boat trip ever due to the waves being at least 10ft high no joke There were so many people being sick that this one dork passed out and the US coast guard and paramedics had to come and meet us. Ayyy stupid dork meant http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-241603.html Apia Samoa January 26 2008 we docked in Apia the capital of Samoa and the only place you can really call a city. This is the first port since Tahiti that we were able to dock and didnrsquot have to tender in. It is warm but raining and showing no signs of letting up so I donrsquot know if I will go ashore or not. Wersquove been so luck so far with such good weather that I guess wersqu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-239762.html Papeete Tahiti We spent a pleasant day in Tahiti visiting James Norman Hallrsquos home Point Venus which is the site where Capt. Cook recorded the passage of Venus across the face of the sun in 1769 a local market and later watched people congregating near the ship where vendors set up stands selling all kinds of food. James Norman Hall wrote the Mutiny on the Bounty series. We learned th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Samoa/Upolu/Apia/blog-239756.html