Trans Pacific Blog

Day 22 – Apia, Samoa

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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.

Day 21 – American Samoa

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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

Day 20 – Sea Day

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Tomorrow we’ll be in Pago Pago in America Samoa. Light winds today with blue skies and water.

Day 19 – Sea Day on Our Way to America Samoa

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Beautiful day, like a lot of the sea days. Sun is up, temp is warm and water is blue.  The sun in the morning changes based on where we are and direction.  After leaving LA, the sun rose and set in the south.  Now that we are in the South

Day 18 – Bora Bora

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Beautiful day in Bora Bora. Watched the 7am arrival having coffee on our balcony. Did 2 dives in the morning and Lanee did an Aqua Safari where you got to the bottom with a helmut full of air. Off to Pago Pago, American Samoa tonight. Will be 2 sea days.