This weekend was Father’s Day in Samoa. Monday is a public holiday, so for the long weekend I joined the JICA volunteers on an outing to Namu’a Island. Namu’a is a small island off the coast of Lalomanu, on Upolu’s east coast. It isn’t counted amoung Samoa’s inhabited islands, but there is a beach fale resort there. There is no electricity on the island, so I thought that it would have a more primal feeling to it. However the resort was really nice. We were able to walk up to the peak of the island (the hike was super steep) and we had a nice night under latern light. All in all an enjoyable time. Pictures below:
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- Namu’a from Lalomanu
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- Getting into the boat
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- Our driver
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- Me, Summer, Michan and Yasuko on the way
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- The resort on Namu’a island
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- Summer and Inochi going up the trail to Namu’a's peak
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- The view from the top
