Upolu - South Pacific Island 19
Well we’ve been in Apia for a week now and it’s certainly different to other South Pacific countries. For starters it's slightly cleaner (not much, but at least you can get your washing done!) and perhaps slightly more normal than anywhere else...that said it's only the town that's more normal, definitely not the locals (strange bunch!)
After a couple of days of checking out the local shops and markets we decided to take a trip to the marine reserve where apparently the snorkelling was meant to be amazing. Unfortunately, we hadn’t been in the sea long when a local taxi driver decided that he would try and steal our bags! Luckily Louise saw him and we ran out of the sea, chasing after him, which prompted him to drop our bags. Not so luckily for him was the fact that he used his taxi to get away and we got his registration number! Also not so luckily for him was the fact that some other taxi drivers came over and told us his name! All of which were forwarded promptly to the Samoan Authorities! It was like an episode of America's Dumbest Criminals, Samoan style!
On Sunday we decided to check out another popular attraction in Apia, the “sliding rocks”. This is basically a 5m waterfall over a rock that has been made smooth over the years, which everyone decides to through themselves over!
Yesterday we hired a car for the day and took a trip round the island. We stopped at the local tourist sights including the Robert Louis Stevenson museum (didn't seem exciting enough to tempt us to go in!) and the Return to Paradise beach (which appeared on some movie of the same name). The highlight of the tourist attractions though was some water caves, which were caves that you could swim through and then swim underwater into yet more caves!
Apia 'city' centre
A local bus and Louise posing in one of their traditional 'fale'
The exciting Robert Louis Stephenson museum and busy inland road!
Another traditional fale (left) and traditional Soman house (right)...note the lack of walls...ironic considering our theft incident!
Me just before swimming into the cave and 'Return to Paradise' beach (from the [well known!!] film Return to Paradise)
After a couple of days of checking out the local shops and markets we decided to take a trip to the marine reserve where apparently the snorkelling was meant to be amazing. Unfortunately, we hadn’t been in the sea long when a local taxi driver decided that he would try and steal our bags! Luckily Louise saw him and we ran out of the sea, chasing after him, which prompted him to drop our bags. Not so luckily for him was the fact that he used his taxi to get away and we got his registration number! Also not so luckily for him was the fact that some other taxi drivers came over and told us his name! All of which were forwarded promptly to the Samoan Authorities! It was like an episode of America's Dumbest Criminals, Samoan style!
On Sunday we decided to check out another popular attraction in Apia, the “sliding rocks”. This is basically a 5m waterfall over a rock that has been made smooth over the years, which everyone decides to through themselves over!
Yesterday we hired a car for the day and took a trip round the island. We stopped at the local tourist sights including the Robert Louis Stevenson museum (didn't seem exciting enough to tempt us to go in!) and the Return to Paradise beach (which appeared on some movie of the same name). The highlight of the tourist attractions though was some water caves, which were caves that you could swim through and then swim underwater into yet more caves!
Apia 'city' centre
A local bus and Louise posing in one of their traditional 'fale'
The exciting Robert Louis Stephenson museum and busy inland road!
Another traditional fale (left) and traditional Soman house (right)...note the lack of walls...ironic considering our theft incident!
Me just before swimming into the cave and 'Return to Paradise' beach (from the [well known!!] film Return to Paradise)
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