In Savai'i

IN SAVAII!!!
On Thursday we went to Savaii, we went for 3 day and 2 nights, on the way to the ferry the police & black Limo with the Head of State or Prime Minister in went rushing passed. The ferry was bumpy on the way back. The ferry ride there and back was an hour and a half. When we got off the ferry, we went to the market, but we didn’t buy anything. Then the first stop was the Lava Flow, we got out of the car and walked on the lava, we could take some lava rock back to Upolu. The lava flow started in 1905 and finished in 1911. There were some very interesting pieces of lava, down the road from the lava flow we went to see the buried church and the virgin’s grave. The lava went right around the virgin’s grave. After that we went straight to Jane’s beach fale’s. Mum and Dad stayed in one fale and the kids stayed in another. I and Maleina got to sleep out on the deck. When we got there some men where climbing the coconut trees to get all the coconuts down, so that they won’t fall on the roof, it was very windy that day. For tea we had lamb, potato salad, Star fruit and coleslaw. We all wanted to go shell hunting but we weren’t aloud, as it started to rain. We were about to start a game of spot light but it started to rain. The sea was noise in the night. In the morning for breakfast we had star fruit, two toasts, egg and pawpaw. For our drink we had hot water, mixed with milk and sugar and juice. After breakfast we had to start getting ready to go. We went for a walk to tanu and then we walked along the beach. Latia found a coconut and she carried it all the way to the beach fale’s but it was brown so we could not have it. I got a nail and pocked it. We hopped in the car and hit the road to the next beach fale’s. Our first stop was the peapea cave. We had t take a torch. I thought that it wasn’t that dark but it was dark. We saw birds and one nest with a little peapea egg in. After that we went to SamoaTel to get a post card to send to Nana, Grandad and Auntie Viv. After that we went to the Canopy Walkway, before we went there we passed it and went to the beach to have lunch. We went to the Star Mound for a look, it is a big man made hill of large stones, it was made along long time ago. Then we went back to the Canopy Walkway but it wasn’t a walkway because the bridge was broken but we still got to climb up the tree hut. It was really steep and about 15 mitres off the ground, we looked out over the top of all the tall trees. We started going to the beach false when we saw a flying fox flying along the edge of the road by a steep cliff. We stopped for a look Dad tried to get a photo but it was too fast. We think there was a cave because it went down and we did not see it. When we got to the beach fale the lady wasn’t there so we had to wait. We got three fales Mum and Dad slept in one, Latia and I slept in another and Maleina and Talia stayed in another. The lady was really nice. We hoped straight in the water when we got there. The next day we went to the Blowholes on the way to the ferry. We got a coconut from the lady to throw in the blowholes. Dad throw it in and it came flying back up onto the rocks. Maleina went out with Dad some of the way a freak wave came and we all ran back up the rocks to the car. Maleina got hurt on the rocks and saturated. Dad got wet getting Maleina’s jandals. I was very scared and wanted to leave straight away! We had pani popo (coconut buns) to celebrate our time on Savaii and that everyone was safe but Latia dropped the buns in the sand. We then went on to the ferry and caught the 2.00pm ferry because we were early. We were booked on the 4.00pm ferry. The sea was very rough and it was like being on a roller coaster for the 1 ½ hours back to Upolo. By Leilani.

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Our neighbours came and had a week in Samoa. They stayed at Rita’s lodge across the fence. We went around the island again. We went to a 55m water fall and a 65m water fall. When we where going down to the 55m water fall the car got stuck in the mud but Clive said to put wait on the back wheels because the front wheels where stuck. The 65m water fall had a garden around it. Like traditional drums and kitchen. The man was cooking tea for his parents that arrived at 4:30. He was peeling the taro & breadfruit.

By Leilani