Samoa

Samoa

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May 23rd 2007
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. ab ... read more

Oceania » Samoa » Upolu » Apia

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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... ... read more