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May 23rd 2007
Published: May 23rd 2007
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taken in Auckland where he now lives in a bell tower. toke the day off to have lunch and say hello, top bloke.Ex Fenland and best planner who worked there.discussed the happy times on SAP watching the technical girls arrive to work, esp the little blonde one!
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
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me arriving early morning, yes they are real flowers in my fav t shirt stolen in Samoa!
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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the local buses, no glass in the windows, don't need it !
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the furthest place i went,(i think) the whole date line thing gets very confusing around here
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Apia, sunset. a decent start !
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went to see spiderman 3 for a quid. the crowd laughed all the way through !
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locals working hard !
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out side my digs, in many ways Samoa was the most authentic experience in the South Seas. not very touristy
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papasee sliding rocks, didnt have the bottle ! not the same without the Lizard King !
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young lady selling coconut milk
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me looking like don Estelle drinking the milk.unusual taste !
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like i said earliet felt and looked like the real deal. tropical south seas bugger all tourists
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wade and Paul on Paradise beach.gve me some v nice Samoan food and beer and stuff and were just really nice. both Samoan but educated in NZ. when you travel , just talk to every and any one.every where but England it works !
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Return to Paradise Beach from the Burt Lancaster film
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Samoan village. they were all beautiful much more than Fiji or Tonga
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the big and pretty quiet Island.volcanic rock
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Cloud nine ecolodge had the entire place to my self. beautiful. amazing view of apia and literally on the top of a mountain !
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The most western point of the big island. the last sunsets viewed from land on earth
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beautiful beach. stayed in a beach hut where the trees are. 19 paces to the sea.closer at high tide !
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the best one i saw in the world on my travels


26th July 2007

hey i im samoan if i had the monkey to go i wish i could the things that i look about samoan is the dancing and singing

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