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Hello all,
Here is a nice view of Pago Pago harbor. Secret Agant Man is furthest in o the right. My friends from BC got in today and had a really good sail. 5.8 kts average which anyone with one hull should be happy about. Today I went on a mission. I climbed Mt Alava which involvs walking the entire ridge surrounding the bay. The first part was on a dirt road and after the summit it can best be described as a ropes course. I walked and climbed all the way over to the village of Vatia (which is deep) Then hitch hiked back as it was sunday and the busses dont run. It was right up there with the best hikes of the trip and deffinatly the most challenging terrain.
Eric
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The Godparents, John & Jennie
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This is Pago Pago harbor
Right now I am listening to "how to dissapear completely" by radiohead. I wish I could disaperate and instantly be with you all but that is not in tha cards.
The last two days my friends and my Self (two australians, a swiss man, and a columbian woman) have driven every road on the island. I drove which was nice. it is just like riding a bike. The Island is beautiful and once you get out of town is much like the rest of polonysia. (SP? I have no spell check) The best experiances were at the most remote villages for sure. It is way easier to learn Samoan than tahitian because the people speak english. The speed limit is 20. A lot of villages (especially on the south side) got wiped out by the tsunami in 2009 and many people are living in FIMA tents. One thing that I wont forget was something a fisherman told me. i forget his name forgive me. he lives in the farthest out village at the end of the road. he was going to work construction when the siren went off and went back and took his wife and children up into the hills and watched as his house and village got wiped out. He lost his boat and 40hp motor which is a big deal. No one in his village died. The only thing he said about it, and this is what stuck with me, was that there was fish all over the ground and all they had to do afterwards was walk around and pick them up. Glass half full after your village got washed no? Here is some samoan for you all.
Hello formal- Talofa
Hello-Malo
Thank you-Fa'afetai
Have a nice day- Manuia le aso
I love you- Oute alofa ia te'oe
Eric
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I can see my house from here! This is the anchorage, and the tuna factory. Starkist has a factory here. All my friends work there. They make cat food and people food. And they make the bay smell like tuna. It is good for the cat to smell tuna all the time. Maybe he'll stop freaking out when we catch one.
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Bad day for someone. I came in to American Samoa right through here and, not to disrespect the captain of this boat, you would have to wrok very hard to crash your boat unless you lost power or it was gnarly out...
Eric
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This dog and his mother lived at the top of a mountain pass with a cardboard box full of dog food. Go figure?
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Bernie (70 years old and mean Aussie) with eyes closed.
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This should last me a while!
Cost u less rules. It is like Cost co and after tahiti prices....
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I just found a big stash of pictures from other people. I am really bad at taking photos when I am doing something. I more live in the moment. However, if you bring a flash drive to dinner you can enjoy the work of better photographers. This is a red tailed tropic bird and chick. Yvonne is an ornothologist and has the knowledge.
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This coral trout deserves the story told. We had a repalla on a handline out the back of Australia 31s dinghy and wham! I yarded it in and as we got it to the boat s fairly big shark was going for it. I was in the bow and Bernie was driving. He grabbed the leeder and yanked the fish to one side and the shark missed his strike. The shark quickly turned around and bernie yanked the fish into the boat just in time. It was some impressive thinking and moves on his part.
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Male frigate display
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