(From Mom’s trip journal: Told from her perspective)
Early to bed and early to rise is the way of the Samoans and when in Samoa you do as the Samoans.
Breakfast was served at 8:00am and as with dinner; it was served to all guests at the same time with no menu selections. You eat what you are served here.
At Tanu Beach Fales, you live among the Samoan family who owns the place. They occupied several of the fales but also had a house on the opposite side of the road where the parents and some of the kids slept. Sleeping in the open air of a fale is very common practice in the Samoan Islands. Breakfast consisted mostly of fruit which is grown on the property.
Today was a relax on the beach kind of day for us. We changed into our swimwear and took up our spot on the beach with books and magazines in tow. Laze a little, swim a little, was the course of the morning. We swam down the beach a ways to check out a few other fales owned by other families.
After noon, we had enough sun and decided to walk down the road to a “resort” we passed on the bus ride in to have lunch. I remembered reading about it and it was supposed to be one of the nicest places on the island. It took us at least 30 minutes to walk to Le Lagoto resort and we took photos all along the way. We were quite impressed. Jessie had a pasta and chicken dish and I had spicy chicken skewers with a salad. It was a tasty lunch.
Following lunch we took a look around and they showed us what the “fale rooms” looked like on the inside. They were individual fale shaped buildings but were fully enclosed and air conditioned with private bathroom facilities in each. They were really nice! We saw that some spa services were offered so we decided on pedicures.
After a short wait, we entered the spa area and had what was a bit of a different pedicure experience. You laid on a massage table on your back with your feet in a pedicure bath. The Fijian woman doing the pedicures was a bit rough with the cuticle work. After the fact, Jessie and I both shared that we felt like kicking her when she was being rough. At least we have sort of soft feet and fresh polish. Following pedicures we split a banana crepe type desert which we consumed out on the patio near the pool. We called a taxi for our return to Tanu Beach. Our lunch was a bit late so we weren’t too hungry when dinner rolled around but we joined the other guests at the table and sampled some of the dinner. We both got way too much sun today and were rather rosy and sore. We showered and called it a night pretty early.
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