First Night in Samoa - Tatiana Motel

This place is incredible! And I haven’t even seen the place in daylight yet lol. And I’m writing in Samoan time now, so technically it’s the day before my last entry – how weird is that.


We were greeted by a group of 4 Samoan guys right when we landed – they’re going to be
heading our trip for these 2 weeks in both Apia and then on the other island of Savaii. All the guys were wearing lavalavas too – for some that was all they were wearing lol. It’s really humid and hot here, about 85 at night. Daytime must be horrible. :S All the guys have some kind of tattoo on them – it’s very customary to get them here.

They picked us up in a rickety bus – looked like a very old version of school busses back in the day. There were small rows of wooden seats inside, no seat belts, windows down all the time (cuz it’s always so hot), and no door. But the front was all decked out with pink and white feathers and posters and stuff – very festive.



The motel we’re staying at is a motel. Run down, bathrooms very basic with some mildew in the shower, cracked paint on some walls, rusted kitchenware, and the rooms are literally just big enough for 2 beds – nothing else. Barely room to put luggage. And the mattresses are so thin you can feel the boards under. I really don’t want to use these sheets and pillow…

Leah