Sa'Moana Resort

We have just returned from a lovely relaxing long weekend at Sa'Moana resort on the southern coast of Upolu http://www.samoanaresort.com/ Yes very sorry to rub it in!! It was a great weekend and one of the best spots we have found in Samoa yet.

Firstly we were staying in "Frangipani 2" a fale with inbuilt toilet and fridge (for the Jack and Coke) and an outdoor shower surrounded by tropical garden and succlulents growing over the rocks. All quite private I can assure you and it's quite nice to have a shower outside when it's so hot. Saves that "steamy" feeling ;-)

We divided our time between lazing in the lounger chairs or swinging in the "air chair" hammock reading, snorkelling, swimming, practicing some rugby passing or eating and drinking!

The snorkelling was fabulous. Even compared to Lalomanu this place was pretty good. We saw some excellent fish and coral that we hadn't seen before. This was also a great spot for "Nemo's" as there were many anemonies around. There was a bit of a swell and a few waves washing over the reef at times which made staying still for photos difficult but still managed to get some good ones.

The pool also has to be mentioned. I've always wanted to swim in one of those pools where the water cascades over the edge and you look out to sea - and this weekend I got to! The pool was full of sea water and the view out to sea was magical. Aqua blue water .... You get the picture! I was fast not wanting to leave this place.

In addition to relaxing, Sa'Moana also has activities you can do to keep yourself amused. I saved up hiring the jet ski until next time and also you can go out fishing if you want to. Sunday's you can observe the preparation of the Umu and then eat it for dinner and the other good thing is they have local rates for those of us who live here!!

It was difficult to drag ourselves away and head home back over Cross Island Road. In comparison to the weather at the beach, which was brilliantly fine and sunny, we found it to be pouring down with rain at the top of the hill and torrents running down each side of the road. No matter though as by the time we reached Apia it was sunny again.

It was McDonalds 13th Birthday so as a treat (don't make a habit of going to the golden arches) we had a Happy Meal and gifted the toy to a passing Samoan child.

And when we drove down our street home we found that the house next door had burnt down in our absence!!!!! This was in the paper but with no clue as to what caused it but we missed 4-5 fire engines who turned up to put the fire out.