Beautiful Samoa

The whole week... and 1 day, has gone by in Samoa and we have been so busy lying around on the beach... Dion finished 3 books!!.. that we haven't been able to post a few pics of what life is like for a Samoan. After a day in the big city of Apia, we headed off to another island, Savaii, and checked into our 'Beach Fale' for the night.



As you can see, it was a spectatular beach hut raised over the lagoon, with plenty of fish swimming in the reef below. A great place!! Once I got used to the geckos on the roof. :)


After a few nights here tired of the spot and headed up the coast to check out a few more fales. Below is pretty much what most of the country looks like... pristine white sand and the bluest water I have ever seen!

We made a stop at the local blow holes and I think this has been Dion's highlight of the trip so far as we were able to get close to these holes in the sea wall and throw in a few coconuts. The blow holes look like geysers from a far but are actually holes in the lava along the coast that blow up the sea water as the waves come in. Movie to follow.... Internet too shitty here to upload. :(

After 4 nights on the other island we headed back to the Main Island where we rented a car and headed up the coast for more sight seeing. We stumbled upon this awesome place that was a lava tube cave. Basically, that means a cave that connects to the ocean and fills up with sea water as the waves crash in. It was like being swirled around in this 50 feet DEEP swimming hole. Being slightly afraid of heights, the huge ladder was a bit much to climb down, but it was totally worth the hike. You can see a very small me at the very top of the ladder here to get an idea of how far it was below!

That is it for me, I want to post this short note before the internet crashes again. Hopefully once we hit New Zealand we will be able to post a few of the videos that we have taken. Hope all is well and winter hasn't fully hit yet!!