... Yet in many ways, the islands that make up Samoa (Independent Samoa) are little changed since those settlers arrived some 2000 years ago as part of a migration of humans across the Pacific from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea to Tahiti and Easter Island. Samoa is still largely covered ... Read review
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Advantages: Pristine rainforest and beaches, amazing diving, welcoming locals Disadvantages: Not for those who cannot make their own entertainment
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Country: Independent Samoa
Capital: Apia
Location: 13 .5 S & 171.5 W, in the South Pacific between New Zealand and Hawaii
Time: GMT-12hours
Neighbours: American Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, French Polynesia
Language: Samoan, English
People: Polynesian
Currency: Samoan tala
Getting there (from U.K.): Use Qantas/BA to Australia, then Polynesian Blue to Apia, or Air New Zealand from London to ...
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The Film
A synopsis of this film is difficult without giving too much away, so, taken from the DVD description: Laurent Cantet's feature film stars Charlotte Rampling (Ellen) and is set in 1970s Haiti. The film examines a time and place in which... more