Saletoga Resort

Two Saturdays ago we went with the senior couples to a beautiful resort on the south side of the island.  This resort was destroyed along with many other things during the tsunami of 2009.  It has since been rebuilt and is beautiful!  There are bungalows which can be rented for day use or overnight.  We were fortunate to have two large bungalows for the day.  A senior couple who had returned home had not been able to get a good exchange rate before they left so they donated it to the seniors.  They decided to use it for this activity so our price we had to pay was minimal.  The day we went was very rainy due to Cylcone Winston, but it cleared enough to let us swim, snorkel and kayak.

Here are the bungalows

And the beach view

We ate in the restaurant and then headed out to snorkel and kayak.  We were hoping we could get as much done before it started to rain again. 

It was really hard to relax and breathe normally, but finally I was able to go out and held Marc’s hand as we swam over the coral reef.  It was hard to imagine all the beautiful life down below but here are a few pictures.

After snorkeling we got a double kayak and paddled out towards the breakers.  The ocean started to get a little choppy so we were only out for a half hour.  It was so awesome!  It was our first time kayaking on the ocean and not Puget sound.

Then we went into the pool and relaxed for an hour.  It started to rain and we headed to the bungalows and changed and headed back to Apia.  On the way back we stopped at a vista point where we saw a huge waterfall.

We really enjoyed our first time at the beach in Samoa!