House Gecko Eggs

According to Google, House Geckos lay 1-2 eggs in a cluster and then leave them. They need to be kept at a temperature of 88 degrees fahrenheit which is about 31 degrees celcius and need to be humid.

We have been cleaning out the outside laundry since the cyclone and found these eggs. 4 were in a puddle so not sure they will have survived but the other 3 were just on a plastic bin lid. Its not as if we need more geckos but Im watching over these now to see if any hatch. Only a potential 60-120 days to wait! Im letting the climate with regard to temperature and humidity take care of itself, after all we are in Samoa!

Merry Christmas Shortbread Trees

After much battling with yet another ant invasion and forgetting that in the climate of Samoa, chocolate melts naturally rather than sets! I managed to produce these christmas trees as gifts for our friends, oh and maybe some left overs for us as well! Thanks to Adam for finding the dowling and using some kiwi ingenuity to produce the holders for me.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Bluesky Samoa Christmas Fireworks 2012

Thank you to Bluesky Samoa for providing these fireworks and giving everyone something to look forward to as they continue their cleanup efforts. The fireworks looked great reflecting in the Apia harbourwaters and were received with squeels from the excited crowd. The "Fair Ground" rides for the kids also looked like fun with zorb like inflated balls on water and dodgem cars!

New Samoan Beer

Samoa is now producing 2 new Beers brewed here. The Taula (lager) and the Pure Sama (like Corona). They have tough competition with Vailima which is a long standing favourite with the locals and tourists alike but Adam gave the Taula a go!

Cyclone vegetation recovery

Amazingly enough tropical plants have a great ability to regenerate. Banana plantations that I thought decimated, begun to sprout new leaves after only 2 days so maybe all is not lost afterall! Palm trees that were stripped of leaves have also already put up new fronds.

1 day after Cyclone Evan



1 week later

Samoa Perimeter Relay 2012

September 1st was the forth running of the Samoa Perimeter Relay. Once again I joined Daryll in the NPI Flyers team.

Like last year we had a few issues getting our team to the start line. Apart from the 2 of us, none of the rest of last years team was able (or willing?) to join us again this year. We then had a couple of late withdrawals due to injury - someone did suggest that maybe we are getting a bit old for this!

Anyway, we did manage to round up 6 runners for our team and just like the previous 3 years we had a great day on the roads.


The NPI Flyers reach the finish line

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After a long hard run, a Pineapple and Mango frappe is just what you need!