Thomas thought that we might like a local shop that makes all sorts of clothes in house. He could not have been more right. We were delighted by all the work there. Owned by a lady – Vivienne and her daughter, the set up does the whole coloring, block printing, stencil printing, cutting, sewing… everything there. Vivienne was kind enough to take us around the whole place and show the entire operations!

Turns out our Sheraton was not very diligent in the airport pickup. Eventually I sorted it out. They contract out the transport to a company named Autobot. The Autobot guy was there at the airport but my name was not there. The young guy decided to anyways drop us and then come back to pick up his designated passengers.

And that is how we got to know Thomas. Of course, after that, he was there with us for the whole time. Turns out he is not a guide at all – he was just helping out his uncle (whose company is Autobot). However, we insisted next day that he take us around.

Thomas was an outstanding company. This was his first tour job! He actually has a different day job. He not only was able to answer every question I had about Samoa, he was also able to quickly understand what we like doing and not doing and accordingly set up our schedule.

We hope to come back and meet him and his family next time!

There was one excavator valiantly trying to dig a channel for the water to drain out