Day Five - Tooanai with the Tulafonos
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Sunday Brunch with Ray and Jacki's family |
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Sunday is family day in American Samoa (except during football season, of course) |
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Mr. Tulafono, Jacki and Ray. The food, from the front back, cucumbers (in the tub), swordfish, chicken, bowl on the right is Palolo (reef worm, a Samoan delicacy - see the links page for more info), bowl on the left is Palusami (Taro leaves and cream), Breadfruit and Taro (see links for Taro info), and corned beef. |
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| Reed after some cookies | |
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Ofisa and Moeisogi |
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Tala and Reed |
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Tala, Reed and Sogi |
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Sogi, Patricia (Ray's sister), Tala, Mrs. Tulafono, Reed, Mr. Tulafono, Ray, Jacki, Ofisa |
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Lemon tree in the yard |
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Some of the flowers Mrs. Tulafono grows and donates to the church |
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Bananas ( a veritable Horn O' Plenty) |
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Bread Fruit |
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Family Gravesites |
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Some shots of the coast near Leone |
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| For those without your reading glasses, John Williams (Ioane Viliamu) landed here in 1839. He was the first missionary, he landed in Leone. | |
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This is the church founded and built over 100 years ago, the oldest church in American Samoa |
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