Last Saturday we went with the senior missionaries to the To Sua Ocean Trench. When we drove around the island a few weeks ago we had decided to skip this. We are SO glad that we went!! It was one of the most amazing experiences of our lives! And so much more fun with the seniors! To get down to the ladder you have to go down a path of rock steps. Not too hard to do. Next you hold onto two rails at the top and back down the ladder. The rails are only for the first four feet. Before we left for Samoa we were undecided about doing this as we are both afraid of heights, but the ladder steps are solidly attached to two huge logs. You can step onto the platform (which can be covered at high tide) or continue down the steps to the water. the pool is a huge lava tube in which the ocean can come into through another tube. You can actually swim out into the ocean going underwater, but whoever does that is crazy! There are ropes crossing the pool in a couple of directions to help you along as current comes and goes. As you look at the picture below it shows the pool. There are caves in both directions, but the larger one (away from the ocean) you can swim in and there is a rope along there as well. We just floated on our backs and looked up at the sky and trees and felt the waves pull us in both directions. So awesome! We stayed in the water for a couple of hours then explored the rest of the area around it.
Here is what the coast looks like in that area.
Lava rocks all over.
Marc in a lava tube with the ocean behind him.
After exploring below, we headed up to eat lunch and then drove back to Apia around the eastern part of the island. Brother McBride wanted to stop and show everyone one of his favorite waterfalls. Each village owns the land and you have to pay to go onto their land. So to see this waterfall we each paid 8 tala (just a couple of U.S. dollars) and hiked through a swampy, muddy trail to get to the view of Fuipisia Waterfall. This was so impressive to look at from a distance.
So then we walked along the path to get to the head of the falls.
This was as close as we wanted to get, but a few brave guys actually walked out onto that rock shown at the bottom of the picture.
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