7:30Am toi lai xe tu Rotorua ve lai Auckland. Den 11AM thi den. Toi dau xe va di b o doc theo harbor de xem hai cang dep nay. Toi den cho ca va dao pho. Toi thay co 2 cua hang Vietnam tai thu do nay. Den 2Pm toi lai xe den phi truong de di Samoa.
Samoa la independent country. Thu do la Apia. Rong 2,800km2. Cach Auckland 2890km va Sydney 4400km. 10 dao hop thanh quan dao Samoa. Co 2 dao lon la Upolu va Savaii voi cac dao nho ben canh la Manono, Apolima, Nuutele, Nuulua, Namua, Fanuatapu, Nuusafee va Nuulopa. Savaii la dao lon nhat va lon thu 3 o ThaI Binh Duong sau Hwaii va Tahiti. Voi good culture duoc coi la Faa Samoa. Khi chao don nguoi Samoa noi la Talofa, hay Hello. Voi 194,000 dan,. Trung binh moi dau nguoi kiem duoc $6,000/nam. Co 2 dao chanh cua Samoa la Upolu va Savaii. 92%!l(MISSING)a dan Samoan. Nam
1828 nhung nha truyen giao Thien Chua den Samoa va Thien Chua bat dau la tinh nguong lon o nguoi Samoa. Duc bat dau den Samoa de bao ve nguoi Tamasese o day va My cung den danh quyen loi o Samoa . Anh cung den day va ca 3 nuoc bat dau vien tro sung dan cho cuoc noi chien tai day ma manh nhat vao nam 1889. Luc bay gio o Samoa co noi chien tranh gianh cai tri dat nuoc cua 2 vi tu truong cua 2 tribes Malietoa va Mata’afa Iosefo muon tro thanh vua cua Samoa.Co 2 tribes khac o day la Mata'afa and Tuimaleali'ifano My Duc Anh dua tau chien den can thiep. Nhung co tran bao kinh kiep xay ra lam cac tau chien bi bao pha huy va ca 3 nuoc dong y cho Malietoa lam vua. Khi noi chien cham dut Duc ANh va My tranh gianh quyen loi tai day de roi di den Treaty goi la Triparties Convention. Nam 1899. Treaty nay chia Samons islands lam 2 phan : nhung dao phia dong thuoc ve My duoc goi la American Samoa, nhung dao phia tay thuoc ve Duc goi
la German Samoa. Nam 1914 quan doi new Zealand den Samoa va chiem dong dao nay tu Duc. Rat nhieu no luc cua nguoi Samoa doi doc lap nen New Zealand tra doc lap cho Samoa nam 1962. La nuoc dau tien o South Pacific danh duoc doc lap. Nam 1997 chanh phu o day doi Western Samoa thanh Samoa nhung My khong cong nhan va van coi nhu la Western Samoa.
Thu tuong o day duoc chon boi Parliament cua 49 dan bieu va dan bieu bau 5 nam mot lan. Nguoi Samoan song gan gui voi nhau va rat trong vi Tu truong. Hoi dong xa cua bo lac Matai cung Alii, higher chef va Tulafale , Talking chef, lam nen luat le cua moi lang. Nha cua o Samoa rat quan trong nen ho xay giong nhau theo kieu Faa Samoa. Thuong la tron hay hinh bau duc lop bang la. Khong co vach de co khong khi di chuyen tot. Ho rat hieu khach.Moi buoi chieu co 20’ tung niem khoang tu 6pm den 7pm. Khong nen mac do ho hang hay mac do tam di trong lang mac.
tai Samoa. Beer khong duoc ban ngay chu Nhat o Fiji vi la ngay di le nha tho. Moi nha o Fiji deu co mot thung bang luoi sat duoc xay tren mot tru cao khoang 1m o tren moi nha o ngoai duong de dung rac. Xe rac se den lay rac tu thanh rac nay. Day cung la y hay do do Fiji frat sach. Con hoc sinh vao truong phai tu dong luom rac. Cac truong hoc deu mac dong phuc. Moi truong mac do khac nhau. Moi boi sang vi dong xe nen Police dung giua duong de control traffic. Gan nhu nhiem vu Police o day la vay thay vi bao ve an ninh cho thanh pho vi o day rat it crime. bGan nhu khong co internet cho ca dao nen van de lien lac ben ngoai rat kho khan.
Toi dap xuong phi truong quoc te Faleolo o Samoa thuoc dao Upolu luc 10:15PM 45’ late because of departure late from New Zealand. Toi muon xe cua hang FUNWAU CAR RENTAL, local car rental company va re hon Avis toi reserved truoc khi toi di, 120 tolas/day +20 insurance=140 tola hay 460/day.
TOi lay den hotel reserved o thu do Apia va den do luc 1AM 4-21-16
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TOi thuc day luc 6AM va sua soan cho chuyen di hom nay. Truoc het toi den Samoa cultural village vat hay nhieu nguoi tu hop de chao mung ngay quoc te Autism. Toi den du khoang 30’ roi di den cac noi ma toi du dinh xem. Truoc het toi den Lufi piula cave pool. Noi day cach thu do Apia khoang 20km ve phia dong. Noi day nam trong khu nha tho. Phai tra 5tala cho mot nguoi de vao xem. O Samoa hay Fiji bao gio xem dia danh nao cung phai tra tien cho nguoi canh giu dia danh do. Pool nuoc trong veo. Co nhieu ca lon trong pool. Nuoc am. Toi loi va snorkel trong ho khoang 2 tieng roi di den thac nuoc Falefa falls gan do va den thac thu 2 Sauniatu gan do. Noi day toi gap 1 hgoc sinh ten rat de thuong huong dan toi den 2 falls nay. Ke den toi di den noi noi tieng nhat o Samoa la To Sua ocean trench o vung Lotofoga, phia dong nam
cua dao Upolu. Noi day duoc tao thanh boi lave tube tu nui lua. 2 lo lon tao nen tu su sup do cua roof cua tube nay tu ngan nam ben canh su dao mon cua song bien. 2 lo lon nay ten la TO Sua va TO Le Sua NOI VOI NHAU BANG DUONG HAM. To Sua la giant swimming hole. Canh swimming hole nay ben bo bien la blow holes. Toi di xuong cau thang gan nhu thang dung khoang 30’ sau den tan mat nuoc trong xanh. NUoc ho nay noi lien voi bien nen dong nuoc chay ra vao manh. Ho dat giay chon hung nguoi nui theo giay neu khong biet boi. Toi rat hung thus u hinh thanh va tinh cach dac gbiet cua ho nay ma toi khong thay noi nao co nen toi no day that lau khoang 2 tieng truoc kho roi day di ve phia tay cua dao. Vi troi bat dau ve chieu nen toi di bang qua dao div e huong thu do Apia. Tren duong di toi ghe den Parapapaitai Falls Ve den Apia la troi bat dau toi. Toi den khach san
Sang toi lay xe di den Papaseea sliding rock ma hom qua toi khong di duoc. Noi day dac biet la co suoi nuoc chay tren nhung tang da lon va du khch co the ngoi tren dong suoi ma slide xuong duoi thoe dong suoi. Noi day co nhieu hoa dep va toi chup rat nhieu hoa tai day. O day duoc 1hr sau do toi lay xe div e huong tay cua bo bien phia bac di di den port co Ferry di qua dao Savaii, dao lon thu 3 tren Thai Binh Duong sao Hawaii va Tahiti. Day la chuong btrinh ntoi du dinh di hom nay la den dao nay vi hom qua toi da dig an het dao Upolu. Toi di Ferry khoang 10;30am va ho noi khoang 12PM ferry moi bat dau qua dao va mat 1 hr moi den dao Savaii nen toi di ve Nam de den Monono whaft noi co tau tu nhan dua den dao Monono cach dao Upolu 4km ve phia tay vi toi dinh di den dao nay. Toi den day de do hoi thuyen di qua dao Monono. Khi tro lai ferry thi vua dung luc ferry
roi ben. Can 1 tieng de den dao Savaii. Toi muon taxi 100tala de di den noi swimming voi turtle cach ferry port Salelologa toiFagamalo noi co Swimming with the turtle. Can 50’ de den day.Rat hung thu khi land au tien trong doi duoc boi voi turtle rat nhieu turtle trong vung bien duoc rao lai de rua khong ra ngoai. Toi cho co 30’ o lai day truoc khi ve lai ferry luc 4pm chuyen cuoi cung de ve lai Upolu. Tuy nhien khi toi den port luc 3:55Pm thi ferry cung vua roi ben luc 3:50PM boi vi troi bat dau giong to sap co bao. Vi la chuyen cuoi cung nen toi phai o lai dao Savaii toi do. Nhu vay la toi se tre chuyen bay ngay mai luc 7:30AM de di American Samoa. Chuyen di v e dao Upolu luc 6PM va toi Upolu luc 7AM . Can 45’ de di den phi truong noi dao Samoa de di American Samoa. Toi do toi goi den hang may bay de doi den chuyen bay luc 9:30AM. Toi se ve lai Upolu chuyen bay cung ngay luc 4:50Pm de 2:50AM to bay ve Fiji .
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New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to...more history
