Savaii-Samoa The Treasure Island of the Pacific
Point to Ponder: Who knows at what precise moment your status can change, but what's inside of you is what matters.
Story Line: Savaii-Samoa (in video above) is the sixth largest island in the Polynesia- New Zealand, Hawaii and Oahu being the three largest. Savaii is pristine and beautiful. Nature has showered the island with the ocean with intense blue waters, beautiful skies, majestic sunrise and sunsets, lush vegetation with variety of colors, superb blowholes, volcanic rocks, beautiful churches and some of the friendliest people in the world. Upolu is the main island of Samoa and Savaii is the biggest island.
For reasons still unknown to me, the memories of Savaii came to my mind while I was recovering from a second dose of Covid vaccine and dreaming of somekind of escape. As for this late reflection, I decided to share this beautiful place with FR community.
Reflection: As I was having chills from the vaccine, one funny memory surfaced. Prior to 2011, Savaii was well advertised as the place in the world where the sun set last for the day. On December 30, 2011, the intenational dateline was moved east of Savaii and Samoa, and Savaii was no longer the place where sunset last. The travel industry lost one advertising gimmick. However, the Sun still set the next evening. Despite losing that arbitrary status, Savaii is still as beautiful as ever and continued to receive more tourists every year.
Don't know why this thought came to mind during my "chilling" hours but it seemed to be worth reflecting.
👍bautiful and magnificent.
Posted by: Nelson | February 19, 2021 at 11:40 PM
Wonderful recap! I especially like this
Posted by: Pulao Penang | February 20, 2021 at 12:11 AM
Longing to go for holiday but unfortunately lockdown st the moment
Posted by: KL | February 20, 2021 at 12:11 AM
👌👌what a beauty? Beautiful
Posted by: Gira | February 20, 2021 at 01:46 AM
Peaceful Relaxing Beautiful Samoa🌺
Posted by: Elizabeth Wu | February 20, 2021 at 06:07 AM
I wish, I can bbe there! Beautiful, untouched.
Posted by: sm | February 20, 2021 at 06:40 AM
Really very beautiful👌🏻👌🏻
Posted by: Kalpit | February 20, 2021 at 07:53 AM
Really Nature has showered on island superb water colours and so
much greenery
Posted by: Shardamandir Friend | February 20, 2021 at 07:54 AM
My sense is that you are reflecting that we judge things/experiences with the labels we put on it. The reality is that these labels are just personal preferences or advertisements and does not truly reflect its value. In this case, by changing the international date line location, the beauty of that place could not be changed. If I put it into personal context, sometimes we get a position in a company and now we have a title of VP or something. After sometime, that title goes away. We should recognize that this label change does not add or diminish in the value we bring in this world.
Posted by: Sam | February 20, 2021 at 08:37 AM
Really very beautiful😀
Posted by: Kazuko | February 20, 2021 at 03:57 PM
I bet their sunset is beautiful. What a pristine place and happy people!🌴⛲️🌞
Posted by: Carol | February 20, 2021 at 06:06 PM
Beautiful video of your Samoa visit. Indeed the bluest ocean and the vibrant flowers and the friendly people. Thank you! Hope to visit one day.
Posted by: Mina | February 22, 2021 at 08:13 AM