Living in a sauna...

I LOVE SAMOA!

Yesterday...
We woke up - I can't believe how hot it was during the night, I was all sweaty and mosquito bitten (some had gotten under the mossie net) when I woke up and it had been a pretty restless sleep anyway. Breakfast was divine - fresh fruit and toast. Hahaha, toast is good in any country.

We spent the morning at this place called sliding rocks - basically natures idea of a waterslide formed by volcanic rock being worn smooth over time. It was UBER fun - kinda scary to begin with cos you think it's going to be painful, but when it isn't you just wanna keep going down them again and again and AGAIN!! I kept losing my bikini top because of the force with which I hit the water. Sigh. Luckily no-one other than my friends were there to see my boobs... unlike last Friday...

Then it RAINED. Tropical rainforest rain of the kind I've never seen or experienced before. We were soaked through before we even realised what had happened but it was gloriously warm so we just enjoyed it.

In the afternoon we went to the Palolo marine reserve and for $5NZ rented snorkelling gear and spent the afternoon chasing gloriously coloured fish around the reef. The water was amazingly clear and such a beautiful turquoise blue in the deeper parts. The fish were hilariously flashy. It was kinda like swimming around in a giant rich persons tropical aquarium.

Liz and I didn't put sunscreen on before we went in though so by the evening, the backs of our legs had turned bright red and stung like crazy when we sat on them - I think mine were worse burnt than hers but it's been pretty difficult functioning ever since. Also, I'm really itchy from the mosquito bites. Haven't had any on my feet luckily but the ones on my hands are driving me spastic.

We got really drunk for next to nothing last night - very cheap beer (which is much better than most beers back home) and cocktails. At one pub though, I noticed a cockroach on the wall and pointed it out to everyone - they freaked out, Liz tried to put it into a cup adn it fell on her and she freaked out and then the Samoans laughed at us. And then hit on us. Just like they do every single day no matter where we go or what we're looking like cos they think western gals are easy. Hilarious.

Anywho, today we're off to be intrepid adventurers on a tiny island inhabited by turtles for two days, then going to a differnt island and then we'll be back in Apia so I may post again then. Sorry about no photos but they can't do that in this internet cafe, we'll just have to wait until I get back.

Postcards are on the way soon - if you want one and I haven't got your address let me know asap. Not that you really need one if you read this but meh.