Friday, 10 February 2017
At Sea — South Pacific Ocean … En Route to the International Date Line
No Stats … Erin forgot to get them from the NavChannel :-(
There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.
~ Charles Dudley ~
Talofa [welcome] to Pago Pago, American Samoa … where we were greeted by torrential rain.
Legend has it that Rainmaker, one of the mountains on Tutuila Island, makes sure there is liquid sunshine whenever a cruise ship is in port. Well, the mountain lived up to its reputation today. The wet stuff let up every once in a while, but when it poured … it really poured. Luckily, the warm smiles of the locals — including that of Miss American Samoa, who was manning the welcome booth — made up for the less-than-cheery weather. At least the overcast kept the temperature down, and the humidity wasn’t bad. We didn’t let the soggy day deter us from making the most of our day on the “Islands of the Sacred Earth” … which is what Samoa means in the local language.
Vai’ava Strait is a National Natural Landmark within Paka Fa’asao o Amerika Samoa.
