Visitors to Samoa

Spending school term break with visitors 

We rarely get visitors here.  In fact, Larry Snow and the Clasens were the first.  We enjoyed showing them around during our school term break.  We did get a little service out of them.  Larry, an orthopedic surgeon ,  got to help a couple missionaries with medical issues and the Humanitarian Missionaries had the Clasens help make hygiene kits.  (in addition to having a lot of fun!)

Giant Clam Beach and Return to Paradise are two of our favorite places to snorkel & have lunch

Off to Savaii

Ferry ride to Savaii

Blow Holes 

The blow holes are fun.  For a donation, a lady calls in the waves and throws a coconut into the blow hole as the wave hits.  It shoots the coconut up pretty high in the air.  

Canopy Walk 

Enjoying life in our little fales (bungalows) right on the water

Dwarf Caves

The Dwarf Caves are lava tube caves.  The legend is that some dwarfs lived in this one.  

The small opening goes into some large caves and tunnels back to more caves 

 Horse carrying coconuts

We got to be first people on site for car that went over the edge. 

Scuba Diving - we saw a wrecked ship and many fish.  The company even had a pet turtle named Josephine they fed papayas to that would come up right up to the boat.  (Larry did the scuba diving and we did snorkeling) 

Dinner with the other Senior Missionaries 

 Viola College - actually Primary, Middle School and High School.  

Climbed up stairs to top of VIOLA sign  (kind of like hiking up to the "Y" at BYU only a smaller scale.  

Back to Upolu for a hike along Coastal Walk and drive up to Fagaloa Bay 

With the Clasens we did much of the same things (Snorkeling, hiking, Samoa Dancing , and enjoying their company.) 

Waterfall

 Coastal Walk

The highlight for the Clasens was Namua Island to stay in some beach fales 

We even taught some Danish and New Zealand friends how to make S'mores around the campfire.