tours and I planned to try for a virtual cache at Robert
Lewis Stevenson’s Tomb. We contracted a taxi for a four hour tour
around the island. Out driver, Tom, took
us first to the Robert Lewis Stevenson Museum.
The cache was a little over a third of a mile away, but the walk had an
elevation gain of about 800 feet. I
decided against it since the walk was estimated to be 45 minutes each way.
Our driver took us around the island with a few stops at
beaches and other points of interest, including two waterfalls. We saw quite a variety of homes and
terrain. Most of the houses had a
pavilion with a roof with open walls.
Many had raised crypts with grave markers near the house. Our driver called the pavilions open houses and explained that in good
weather extended families gathered there for activities.
Back at the ship we rested for a while and then cleaned up
for the evening’s activities. It was a
great day in a beautiful place. We sailed
at about 6:30, next stop Pago Pago, American Samoa.
We went to the Explorer Lounge and had Sushi. We saw the
nicest sunset we have seen on this trip, but didn’t have a camera with us. After
that we went to the Princess Theater and saw a performance by an Australian
singer, Karen Beckett. Afterward we went
to our regular dinner. After dinner we
retired to our room. After some reading
we called it a night. We arrive in
American Samoa at 7 AM and have a tour at noon.
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