Pago Pago, American Samoa
Today we visited the beautiful island of American Samoa. It
was again a perfect weather day with low humidity and temps in the mid 80’s. The island was lush and green with a large pointed
mountain peak on one side and several large but rounded mountains toward the
other. The landscape reminded me a lot of
Hawaii, but with only 60,000 inhabitants total, it is much less touristy. They
do receive about 2-3 ships a month during the tourist season and really enjoyed
sharing the beauty of their island with us.
We started our day with a tour around the Northern section
of the island and it’s National Park. We
drove up a steeply winding her side we went road to the top of one of the peaks
for amazing views of the harbor below. As we came down the other side we went
to a small village. Because the
mountains are so steep the villages are formed around single roads that follow the
coast.
After our tour we headed toward the south east side of the
island were we had planned a day at Tisa’s Barefoot Beach Bar. The setting was beautiful and relaxing. We were able to spend the day lounging,
sunning, snorkeling, and sipping my favorite Moscato which I have not found
since Hawaii 2 months ago.
We had a traditional lunch which was cooked on the floor in
banana leaves and rocks. We had to make
our plated from palm prongs which we woven together, topped by a large banana
leave. We had fish, pork, turkey, shrimp, taro, sweet potato, fish casserole and
spinach in coconut milk which was cooked in coconut half shells. Everything was so delicious.
After another hour or so enjoying the beach we had to get
ready to go back to the ship. We had
such a great day here. Truly one of America’s hidden jewels.
Next up Bora Bora....oh ya...
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