Samoa

Just an overnight stop in Samoa…. enough time for some brief impressions.

Like this one of beach sand…. very arty!

An island dinner and festivities, complete with the traditional dancing..

These guys were obviously very good, and did some fire twirling later.  Exhausted, we called it a night before the dreaded tourist group dance at the end.

Henry picked up a friend on the way to breakfast in the morning….

A visit to the home of Robert Louis Stevenson (author of Treasure Island) included this incomprehensible ceremony of welcome.

The Samoans have also been welcoming another group over the last decade or so….

So far, China has helped them build their new airport, a hospital and a museum…. and the friendship is continuing.

The best experience was simply riding along the road and watching people go about their everyday lives, often with a smile for a visitor.

Onward from here to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.