Post #244020 by hmc on Thu, Jul 20, 2006 12:54 AM

I'm back! I've been to Samoa and I gotta say - what a wonderful place! Although I was happy to return home after 2 weeks especially as I missed our wide variety of food.

cheekytiki - do I have a surprise for you...! Check out the pics below... (takes a bow, "thank you, thank you").

There is a new addition to your mural, a border of hibiscus flowers and "female/male" signs in red. Although Matti said that the girl that had done it was due to touch it up in a week so I got there when it still looked faded:

And you were 100% correct on the Satuiatua beach bungalows, it was the last place we stayed at (only out of boredom at Tanu beach fales) but I am grateful that we stayed for even one night. My husband got to surf, you got your mural pics, the food was THE BEST and yes, Matti is very nice too. Oh and, I have another (bigger) surprise for you - but it will take me a while to get it to you - and I'll need your email address for that one...

While in Satuiatua, I got to see a Tapa cloth demonstration. I saw how Tapa was made right from the beginning - I'm talking about - right from the tree lopping stage! I felt extremely fortunate to see this demonstration and afterward, I felt as though it absolutely made my time in Samoa that much better. Here are the pics I took:

hmc
Helen McLean

[ Edited by: hmc 2006-08-03 19:38 ]