Savii Island - South Pacific Island 21
After a rather sickly one and a half hour boat ride, we arrived in Savaii where we spent our first 3 days in a place called Saleologa. Unfortunately arriving on a Saturday afternoon meant that there wasn't actually anything to do for the first 2 days due to everything closing at midday on Saturday until Monday morning. We did however, manage to spend Saturday night in the local nightclub and witness a good pub brawl!!
After our 3 days here, we decided to hire a car for a couple of days to drive round the island. Our first stop on our tour took us to the blowholes which are meant to be the largest in the world... it might have something to do with the locals throwing coconuts in the blowholes at the right time and the blowholes blowing the coconuts high into the air!!
Spot the flying coconuts!
Our next stop was a place called the Falealupo Peninsula which is the most westerly land point on earth. After a few snaps, we made our way to our last stop for the day, the canopy walkway where you walk some over some 30 metres high walkway (made of ladders) to a 230 year banyan tree. Once at the tree, you climb over one hundred steps up to the top of the tree where apparently you can spend the night... neither of us really took a fancy to that though, given how creaky it was up there!
The second day of our tour took us to two caves which we were luckily guided through, swimming with turtles and to an old village which is completely covered with lava from a volcano which errupted nearly 100 years ago. One of the caves was pretty spooky in that no-one has ever reached the end of the cave, not even the locals!
After 2 strenuous days of sightseeing, it was time to hit the first or two beach locations, Manase. We spent 4 nights here staying in our beach hut which was right on the beach and relaxing in the blazing sun.
After our 3 days here, we decided to hire a car for a couple of days to drive round the island. Our first stop on our tour took us to the blowholes which are meant to be the largest in the world... it might have something to do with the locals throwing coconuts in the blowholes at the right time and the blowholes blowing the coconuts high into the air!!
Spot the flying coconuts!
Our next stop was a place called the Falealupo Peninsula which is the most westerly land point on earth. After a few snaps, we made our way to our last stop for the day, the canopy walkway where you walk some over some 30 metres high walkway (made of ladders) to a 230 year banyan tree. Once at the tree, you climb over one hundred steps up to the top of the tree where apparently you can spend the night... neither of us really took a fancy to that though, given how creaky it was up there!
The second day of our tour took us to two caves which we were luckily guided through, swimming with turtles and to an old village which is completely covered with lava from a volcano which errupted nearly 100 years ago. One of the caves was pretty spooky in that no-one has ever reached the end of the cave, not even the locals!
After 2 strenuous days of sightseeing, it was time to hit the first or two beach locations, Manase. We spent 4 nights here staying in our beach hut which was right on the beach and relaxing in the blazing sun.
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