the other Samoa: Apia

After being on this island for eleven months straight, we finally went somewhere else!

I know eleven months on a tropical island doesn't sound too bad to those of you who don't live here, but it's a long time to be confined to a small place where you've been on pretty much every road and you're out of new places to explore (not completely out because I've been purposely saving some, which may be lame, but it's absolutely necessary).

So we went to check out the other Samoa, Upolu island. The other Samoa has one main thing of interest: Apia. A "big city" with stoplights and roundabouts and tourists and coffee shops and shopping and restaurants and all kinds of glorious things.

If I were coming directly from the US, I'm sure we wouldn't think Apia is big with its 39,000 residents, but that's not much smaller than the entire population of our island so it felt huge. And it was wonderful to see new people and places and things. Because we're so starved for city life, we planned to spend most of our time there. It was great!

The Curry House was delicious - I highly recommend it for anyone going to Apia.

And the Cappucino Vineyard was delicious too! They even had live music. We felt sooo sophisticated (even in our grubby island clothes. Speaking of grubby island clothes, we realized that we have them. Everything we own is somehow stained, faded, or otherwise showing signs of extreme wear. Funny that it would take a trip off-island for us to notice. Because here, we look just like everyone else. In Apia they have tourists. And tourists have way nicer clothes. I had no idea how easy they were to spot. Crazy.).