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We hadn't been to Sailele in a while (previously blogged about in this post) so we decided to spend our Saturday there. It's a quiet village on the Northeast side of the island. When we go there, I can easily imagine what life would be like in a Samoan village a hundred years ago.As we drove through, some of the villagers were sitting along the edge of the road pulling weeds and others were raking up
leaves and other debris to burn. It's just a very idyllic setting. One of the older women was sitting in the water with some young kids. When we walked by the littlest started yelling, "palagi, palagi" and pointing at us while she tried (unsuccessfully) to get him to stop. The others just waved and smiled.We had heard that there was good snorkeling near a rock by the beginning of the village. It wasn't a huge spot, but there were lots of different fish. I love longnose filefish - I can't really explain why. It's probably because when I first saw a pair of them it was so surprising. I had never seen a fish that shape before and the colors were so bright that it seemed unreal and cartoony. There were several pairs of them in the little pool in Sailele, along with a few juvenile emperor angelfish, Clif's favorite.
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When Ryan and I were on our honeymoon in Bora Bora, we saw a lot of flourescent colored fish with unique patterns as well. I was equally fascinated with them and, not knowing their proper name, resorted to referring to them as the Nike fish. In my mind they resembled the color scheme of the sneaker giant in the '80s.
In a way they do! The neon colors are so bright sometimes. And there are the weirdest color combinations - things you would never expect to occur in nature.
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