Wednesday, January 21. Warm, not too bad. 27 C.
We were on tour this morning for the first time on the cruise. It was a complimentary tour done by our Travel Agent. We were away and touring around from 8:30, arriving back home around 1:30.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous in spite of early morning showers. We were in three mini buses holding about 12 passengers each. We toured the Town of Apia, which is a modern town, not as tired looking as Pango Pango yesterday. We ended up at the Home of Robert Louis Stevenson, that he built for himself and spent the last five years of his life. He was a smoker and died of a lung issue.
It was a very grand sprawling home with lots of open spaces and large opening as breezeways. Unfortunately it was impossible for me to get a good photo. During the whole day I was taken by the welcoming nature of the Samoan people, of all ages. We went to a huge market where the lower class working people were not as jovial where they were there, likely every day, just trying to make a living.
We later went to lunch at a very swanky resort on a man-made island. It was very upmarket.
This Samoa is an independent Samoa, ex German, when Germany asked the population to come back to Germany to fight in WW l, they lost, and Lost Samoa, the British took it over, then Samoa got its independence from them and remains so to this day.
Today was a bit of a rough day for Fellette and I, physically speaking, we have been pretty laid back since coming aboard on January 4. Today was a grinder and I find myself comparing with all the wonderful things that we have seen and experienced since we took up travelling in 1985. Life is good here, don't get me wrong.
We got cleaned up later and went out for dinner at The Italian Restaurant tonight, The Canaletto.
Clocks go back another tonight. That means we will be Four hours behind West Coast Time and A Day Ahead!
A wonderfully Busy Day Today!
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