Western Samoa & beyond

Greetings & Happy Thanksgiving - 

We left Samoa about 5 days ago and have been enjoying our sea days-more about that later...

Western Samoa appeared to be a beautiful island however we arrived in their rainy season so it rained from the time we got there till just about when we left.... but like B says, "only 1 rainy port out of 24 ain't bad"...  We have had really nice weather so tolerating Samoan climate was tolerable.  We docked about 4 miles from the town but you could see it from the ship as it was like a peninsula. B & I grabbed a cab and went into the downtown area-shopping of course.  Things were pretty expensive as far as dry goods went - I did buy a dragon t-shirt and paid $12 for it which seemed high after my $3 Cambodian shirt...lol!  We were getting drenched so after touring the market, we grabbed a cab and headed back to the ship.  There was also a market set up at port so I checked out stuff there.  B gave me Samoan money and told me I had to spend it - geewhiz...let me see what I can do...lol!  Bought some little gifts for friends-maybe even one of my readers here...hehe

The weather the last 5 days has not been terribly sunny but I have heard it is better than half the US.  I have been trying to get a bit of sun so I look like I have been on a cruise...  B is winning a bit in the casino on the slots and I chopped a poker tourney the other day...  I have also been playing this crazy BlackJack Fun 21 game with these 2 crazy boys-we applaud loudly when we get bj and pairs and they do a "game genie" dance before every cut after the shuffle.  I think I am probably down money-wise, but we have so much fun I don't mind.  I will miss them when the trip is over...  My trivia team is doing well and we got a PERFECT 16-all the answers right yesterday!!!! Ii would like to do this one more time before we are done...

Tonight we are having Thanksgiving with a large group of friends-10 and we will enjoy, laugh, drink and eat lots of turkey.  I will try not to think about next Thursday and NOT being aboard ship anymore... <sniff>  And ALL the packing that has to be done before then...lol!  Before then, we arrive in Hawaii tomorrow and I am shopping (of course) while B is going zip tripping...  If I find an internet I will post some photos, so check back later...

Hope you all had a great turkey day - be seeing some of you  real soon...