My visit to SamoajaytysonApril 15 2007, 22:02:27 UTC
Meg- Thanks for the great summary of our travels together. If you don't find work in your field, you can always become a vacation planner. I'll write a recommendation! It was a wonderful trip. I will be circulating pictures soon.
A note to potential travelers: Although it has many beautiful beaches and tropical scenes, remember that it is much closer to the equator than Hawai'i or southern Florida. Hence, you will feel the heat and humidity much more than in those places. In this regard it is more like Liberia. So, banish any notions that life there is a paradise for visitors from the temperate zones. Be prepared for mold and the constant challenge of trying to get things to dry out. This place is seriously tropical--like a large terrarium. Once you accept that water, in the form of rain, humidity, sweat and oceans, is just a constant fact of life there, you can relax and enjoy the many beatiful things Samoa has to offer.
I was impressed with how much Meg has developed in her ability to deal with difficult situations over the past year. Whether dealing with insects in the house or fish in the water, or in more complicated field of people problems, I think she's developed a lot more than would have been likely in the more sheltered environment of Haifa, which had been another option.
Meg-- I hope your last two months will be the best yet! Love, Dad
Thanks for the great summary of our travels together.
If you don't find work in your field, you can always become a vacation planner. I'll write a recommendation! It was a wonderful trip. I will be circulating pictures soon.
A note to potential travelers: Although it has many beautiful beaches and tropical scenes, remember that it is much closer to the equator than Hawai'i or southern Florida. Hence, you will feel the heat and humidity much more than in those places. In this regard it is more like Liberia. So, banish any notions that life there is a paradise for visitors from the temperate zones. Be prepared for mold and the constant challenge of trying to get things to dry out. This place is seriously tropical--like a large terrarium. Once you accept that water, in the form of rain, humidity, sweat and oceans, is just a constant fact of life there, you can relax and enjoy the many beatiful things Samoa has to offer.
I was impressed with how much Meg has developed in her ability to deal with difficult situations over the past year. Whether dealing with insects in the house or fish in the water, or in more complicated field of people problems, I think she's developed a lot more than would have been likely in the more sheltered environment of Haifa, which had been another option.
Meg--
I hope your last two months will be the best yet!
Love,
Dad
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