Pago Pago

 American Samoa where a large chorus of singers and dancers celebrated our arrival at the dock.  

                                                             Our rickety old tour bus.

                                                                    Our guide.

Samoa has a very deep port and is a strategic territory for the U.S. but lacks tourism and prosperity.  These are typical houses.  Land is owned by generations of the same family so the houses are often clustered to include extended family members.  Many bury their dead on their land and tombstones can be seen in  front yards.

                    The family cemetery is located beneath the small roof in the lower left corner.
 

                            “Live your life by a compass not a clock.” – Stephen Covey