Savaii here we come!

So after our dramas at Samoana we had 1 night back in Apia to recharge batteries and get ready for our adventures in Savaii. We had a gorgeous meal this night at Giodano's one of the best italian restaurants in Apia. Mum and Adam had pizzas and Dad and I had spaghetti bolognaise or carbonara. Delicious. It was then home for an early night as we had to be up for the ferry at 6.00am....

4.30am and my eyes don't really want to open but luckily we had done all the packing and car loading the night before so just had to fall into the car and let Adam drive us to the Ferry. We dutifully went through the quarantine wheel wash, which consists of squirting the car wheels with a garden hose in a half arsed fashion! This is meant to eradicate the car of any African Giant Snails which apparently are not on Savaii yet - though we have heard otherwise. We joined the queue of cars and Adam had to do some swift manouvreing of the car backwards onto the barge. We were pretty packed in. Mum and I were not quick enough to grab a seat as the Samoan's like to lie down and promptly go to sleep so we all spent the 1 1/4 hour journey standing up at the rail. This is the best place anyway as these Ferry's have quite a sway to them! It was pitch black when we set off but we got a great view of the sunrise as we went along.

When we reached Salelologa in Savaii be disembarked and Adam took us to the Jet Over Hotel, where he had been for work, for a nice breakfast. We then drove up and down the streets to find the public library and drop something off, see the "Christmas Lights" or the new and only set of traffic lights on Savaii (which weren't working!) and go to the new markets for a look. The markets were great but the toilets have to be the worst I have seen in Samoa! Not quite sure what the lady attendant does all day apart from sit on the seat and hand out toilet paper! She also escourted me to a cubicle which I refused to go in as the toilet was so dirty. We were pleased to get out of there!