Samoa
Main Foods
Samoan Umu, a traditional above the ground stone oven heated by glowing hot lava rocks is used to cook food.
The food can be placed directly on the rocks, wrapped in banana leaves or plaited in coconut fronds for cooking.
Staple foods are taro, breadfruit, bananas, coconut, fish and shellfish, chicken and pork.
Main Drinks
CockTails
Vaifala Drink is like a smoothie but it use ice
Kava is a drink made from dirt at the bottom of a tree.
Different islands
Most of the people who live here are native Samoans whose ancestors came by boat thousands of years ago.
Germany ruled Samoa briefly in the early 20th century.After World War the New Zealand administered Samoa’s government and helped it become independent.
Samoa is a group of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean known for its beautiful scenery and friendly people.
Points of interest
Mt Vaea
Mt Matavana
Upolu
Were is Samoa
California and were once called the “Navigators Islands”Nearly all of the islands are volcanic formations.
Samoa is an country comprising the westernmost group of the Samoan Islands, in Polynesia. Many of its islands have reef-bordered beaches and rugged, rainforested interiors with gorges and waterfalls.
Samoa lie about 4,200 miles southwest of San Francisco. and most of them are surrounded by coral reefs.
Alofaaga Blowholes
The Watering Hole
Location/Geography
The independent country of Samoa consists of the two large islands of Upolu and Savai'i and 8 smaller islands.
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Samoa is located south of the equator, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand in the Polynesian region of the Pacific Ocean.