So continuing on...
On Sunday the 22nd, we went to Hong Kong House to see Justin off and make sure he has at least one more good meal before leaving to the relative food wasteland of Hawaii. I bet they don't have spaghetti chow mein there eh?

Then the next week passed without anything too interesting. This week and the next one were really busy at work because we had stacked a few weeks worth of cases up because there was an appellate session down here the week before.

The next Friday, Fred and Nikki made their house into a dance club. It was a great effort and ended up being really fun. I didn't bring my camera, but Weave did a nice job of documenting it here
I think Alden almost didn't make it.

The next day, there was a surprise party for Jessi.

There was a really big turnout for it and Markus even made her a tree of cupcakes for her birthday.

We hung out at the Colletti fale and then went to Jeff and Merideth's because Samoa Steve:



was leaving the next day. He's going to Hawaii for a few months for a job and then hopefully will be reassigned back down here.


That Sunday, we went to Sliding Rock. This is not like the one in Western Samoa where you slide down natural water chutes.
This Sliding Rock is on Tutuila and the sliding to be done is on this huge flat shelf of rocks near the ocean. The rocks are really slick and to do it you get a run at it and then stop and slide on your feet. The problem is that the rocks are slick, and being rocks, quite hard. Nobody actually does this except some crazy local kids. The reason to go there is that if you keep walking past the flat rocks you get to this series of big tidepools. They are more than big enough to swim in and are crystal clear with tropical fish in them. It is a really beautiful place.


It gets better though. Between a couple of the pools there is a constant flow of water and where it comes in forms kind of a natural jucuzzi. You can sit in the water there as it massages your back and head and the water fizzes like there's a ton of alka seltzer being constantly dropped around you.
Then, in the big pool, occasionally a wave crashes over the rock wall that seperates it from the ocean. The wave creates a torrent of water that sweeps you down about 50 feet, and sometimes pretty fast. It is really, really fun.