Sadie's By The Sea

Upon arrival, my house wasn't quite ready (i.e. the "cleaning crew" hadn't had a chance to take all the good stuff the previous owner left), so the High Court put Erin and I up at Sadie's By The Sea, one of the nicer (see only) hotels on the island. It's located on Pago Pago Harbor, in the village of Utule'i, across the main road from the Governor's mansion. Notably, it is directly next door to the abandoned Rainmaker Hotel - one of the South Pacific's most legendary accommodations - which was once crashed into by a U.S. Navy plane after the plane hit the cables of an aerial tramway during a Flag Day demonstration in 1980. Here's the now dilapidated Rainmaker with its namesake, Rainmaker Mountain, in the background:

I took a swim out front: