Latitude: -13.83333 S Longitude: -171.7333 W Capital: Apia
Travel in Western Samoa
A total of 6 members have visited 10 locations in Western Samoa.
Together they have written 7 travel stories and uploaded 158 pictures from Western Samoa.
Last visit in Western Samoa was made 2009-03-21 by inky2 who was in Virgin Cove.
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Short introduction to Western Samoa
New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
AT the start of our latest trip, we took three flights and travelled for a total of more than 12 hours, but arrived nine hours before we had left home.
This is because we crossed the international ...
After being back in Chicago for 6months we were ready for a vacation. We were itching to go back to NZ to visit friends, and decided we’d spend a week in Samoa along the way. We wanted to go to inde...