Leaving:
We stayed at the very nice Coconuts Beach Club, an all-inclusive resort on the south coast of the island of Upolu:
The south-island road:
Our fale (outside):
Our fale (inside):
The view from Coconuts:
Relaxing at the restaurant:
Over-the-water fales:
Coconut harvesting demonstration:
Great 'floating' conditions out front:
We visited the Black Sand Beach, one of the nicest beaches I've ever seen:
As Joe P. would say -- "I wonder what the poor people are doing?":
Drove down to Lalomanu on the SE corner:
Stopped at the To Sua Ocean Trench:
Inside the trench:
Through the pouring rain I saw a breaching whale and some potential greybeards rolling in:
The storm continued back at Coconuts:
We took a bus over the cross-island road to Robert Louis Stevenson's estate. The road to Vailima:
Vailima:
My friend Eddie stands to inherit a zebra rug and an elephant foot umbrella holder. This would add nicely to his collection:
RLS's trunks:
View from the porch:
Coming from American Samoa, Apia feels like New York City. The population of Apia alone is almost equal to that of all of American Samoa:
Apia church:
Stopped at the famed Aggie Grey's for a drink:
Unfortunately, we were never able to ride the "Legalise It" bus:
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