Fales on Tutuila

Sharon and Maximo found a little fale place that you can stay at for $5 a night on this island. It is pretty nice- almost like being in Western Samoa...except that it is only a 35 minute drive (going 25mph) instead of a flight.

There are several fales close to the beach.

They don't provide food or bedding, but you can drive right there, so it is kind of like car camping. Very nice.

We had tons of food anyway. NOAA Eric was our grillmaster for the evening.

After dinner we had a bonfire on the beach.
The snorkeling there is pretty good as well. There is a nice dropoff not far off shore and there is no ava (death-causing current). I think it might be the most big fish I've seen snorkeling around here. The water is nice but not the totally crystal clear that you find other places on the island. This is due to the fact that there is actually sand on the beach so some of it gets stirred up. It is a good tradeoff I think.



Movie review:
Apocolypto:
This one is ok. It is pretty entertaining for a while, but during the second part it gets less and less realistic. The same thing happens for maybe an entire third of the movie, just a bunch of guys chase one guy. For a movie that forces you to read, it isn't quite worth it. If you are going for a shoot em up (or spear em up in this case), why bother with making everyone on the cast learn an extinct language and go with subtitles for the movie? 4