Walking Tour

Hello All,
Jon and I had a great tour of the northwest end of the Island yesterday. We hitched a ride to the Falealupo Rain Forest Preserve. We took a trail that led to a rope bridge and to a massive tree fort overlooking the whole jungle. After that we walked down the road and ran into a local that invited us to his home for lunch. We had a traditional Samoan meal, which was fish and taro plant cooked on an open fire. It was very filling and we had a nice visit with him and his wife. We hitched another ride with a family to Falealupo Village. The whole road on the Northern most coast has a beautiful beach and lava reefs. After that we took a walk to the western most point of the Island where it is the last place on earth the sun sets before the next day because of the date line. We ended up walking 12 miles yesterday.
Last night when we returned we got cleaned up and went and had dinner at Vai Moana Hotel and bar. We anchored in front of there place and they have been very kind. They have been letting us use there dock to park the dingy so we thought we would patronize them. They had a buffet that was wonderful. They had a live acoustic Samoan band playing for all of the guests.
We talked to a few people at the resort last night that told us about a boat that was lost coming into the pass in May. The resort owner rescued them and there is a few pieces of the boat on the property. We were told the boat was over at the wharf so this morning we went to take a look. It was about a 50 foot boat and the owner was following his gps and for this Island it is off so he hit the reef and sunk. What a shame and a big loss. After that we just came back to the boat and hung out. We went to the resort for a beer tonight and tomorrow, we will see.
That's all for now. I will talk to you soon.

PEACE