Samoa Island Resorts

Nearly a year to the exact date on which we came back from our Hawaii hibernation, we ended up on the banks of Samoa. She is blissfully lucky and has a gradual way of living, and this lighthearted atmosphere was so different from me on the first night - when I went to sleep with a novel at 9 pm.

Irrespective of how late it is (except for the morning when we were sleeping through the morning buffet). Just a stone's throw away from a lovely sandy spot and two aqua purple swimmingpools you can create your own timezone (the 24-hour room waiters didn't really make a difference even if you missed the morning snack, except that I had to pick between Benedikt and pancakes).

Spending a weekend at Taumeasina Island Resort, a brief stroll from downtown Apia, which is connected to the continent by a dam. This island of only 15 hectares was reconquered fifty years ago, and the resort was only opened two years ago. In Samoa after a whole weeks and the most restful visit to Taumeasina I am even on the island.

Arriving with Joseph Parker (Samoan New Zealand Boxer), who also decided to remain at the reserve - so it has to be respected by the people. I have never been one to unwind, and even on my honeymoon I can't remember being that unwind. Although the hospitality has a free Wi-Fi service every day, I didn't even want to scroll the program and just signed up because Samoa is too good not to be shared.

The island of Taumeasina is also a favourite place for marriages - we have seen two marriages in the Vasa Bridal Band on the resort's beaches, and there are also festivities in the sandy beaches or in the lovely verdant and rose bush. As I was here to answer a few interviews and when I was doing "What would you do differently" about my own marriage, I actually replied "Destination Wedding" - which is an indicator of how nice the marriages were and how simple it would be to get a marriage here.

When Bride Tribe started, my beautiful newly married Tamarin told her marriage tale of Samoa, and since then I've longed for someone to take me to an island marriage.... anyone? Samoa, are you for real? No. We had enough spare weeks to unwind and discover.

The simplest way to get around Upolu, Samoa is by plane, with the pristine places of interest spread over both isles. In Upolu, near Apia, is the renowned Papase'ea Sliding Rock and east of Upolu, the Sua Ocean Trench, the Mt Matavanu Volcano Crater in the north and other nice sandy shores in the south via the Cross-Island Rd.

Savai'i, the other island of Samoa, is the third biggest Polynesian island after Tahiti and New Zealand, renowned for untouched landscapes and archeological places, cascades (visit Afu Aau waterfall and swim in the southeast for 5 talas), caverns, Alofaaga blowholes (5 talas) and rain forests, as well as fauna and flora.

Much as Samoa provides an authentic'Pacific Island' adventure, it is also the ideal place to disconnect from the underworld. A Samoa honeymoon? Really, Samoa made the most unbelievable Romantic getaway and would be great for your honeymoon. Rarotonga or Samoa? Most of the homes are still open cottages known as" Fales", where kids and pets run in the" wild".

Mealtimes are about the same, if not a little less expensive in Samoa. Talking of cash, the Samoa is Tala, which is a little more than half as much as the kiwifruit dollars, while Rarotonga divides the NZD.