the other Samoa: Lalomanu

Lalomanu is an incredibly beautiful white sand beach that stretches for miles along a portion of the South West coast of Upolu. There are a bunch of beach fales along the road so we chose to stay in one that would be having fiafia night (dancing) along with dinner.

We jumped right in for a long snorkel before dinner. The water was clear and beautiful. The fish were the same kinds that we see here, but they were a lot bigger and didn't see to be afraid of us. We even saw an amazing red starfish with white spots (Simon pointed it out and was so proud he wanted to show it to all of us!). Lalomanu made the snorkeling off Tutuila seem very limited. We only have a couple places to snorkel and our biggest doesn't come close in size the the amount of reef you could explore at there. I was impressed. It was a great place to relax and enjoy ourselves.

The kids showing off their beach-combing treasures. See what Ruth found?

Everett had the best luck - look at those shells!

Scary face.