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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Samoa

Updated August 23, 2021
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Unusual Attractions in Samoa

To Sua Ocean Trench.

Apia, Samoa

To Sua Ocean Trench

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Vista over the Alofaaga blowholes

Taga, Samoa

Alofaaga Blowholes

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
Mango tree on top of Pulemelei Mound

Samoa

Pulemelei Mound

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.
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Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

Apia, Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.
Baha'i House of Worship of Samoa.

Apia, Samoa

Baha'i House of Worship of Samoa

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.
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Koko Sāmoa is practically the national drink.

In Samoa, Hot Chocolate Is Homegrown

Growing, grinding, and drinking koko Sāmoa brings families together.
by Tiare Tuuhia, Atlas Obscura
August 23, 2021
Samoan chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi I, c. 1891. According to Scheurmann’s great-granddaughter, he may have been an inspiration for the composite character of Tuiavii.

The Hoax Book That Became an Anarchist and Hippie Bible

'The Papalagi'—supposedly written by a Samoan chief in 1920—offered a societal critique, but carried on a problematic racial trope.
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