Month: December 2018

River boat tour up to beautiful falls for a swim. Long boats had to work to get up the rapids. Lunch was at a Fijian village

Passed Niuafoʻou (meaning: many new coconuts) Island this morning. It is the most northerly island in the kingdom of Tonga and volcanic rim island of 15 km² and with a population of 650 in 2006. Gave the island to Lanee this morning for her birthday today as we passed on our way to Fiji (hope the […]

We successfully crossed the dateline so its now Monday, December 3. Did a tour this morning to learn more about Samoa. Villages are still set up with a chief and people are required to marry from a village other than their own. Houses are open to limit damage during typhons. Apia is fairly developed but […]

Arrived this morning. Very hot and humid. Pago Pago harbour is a sunken caldera and very deep. Tourism is limited. Used to be a port to store coal for coal fired ships. Some little facts. Samoa is just 30 miles west of American Samoa, but is a day ahead (sometimes a day plus an hour). […]