On Monday for our natural site we took a 45 minute bus ride to Faleaseela River walk. Since we did not even land until 1am Sunday night (technically Monday morning) we decided to sign up for the late afternoon shift. So we slept in until around eleven and then caught a bus at noon from Apia to a small little town called Falease’ela. Our bus driver was crazy he talked like a mile 
a minute and was acting like he just chugged about 5 red bulls. There were multiple times that I thought we might die, nevertheless it was still a fun trip full of laughs (and a few screams). Right when we got off the bus we checked in at the counter and paid for our day passes ($50 USD-per person). We also got lunch passes and since we were a little early for our 2pm climb time we went ahead and ate lunch. We all had Palusami because that is what the lady that was cooking suggested. She was cooking on this thing called Umu, it is basically fire with stones on top of it and once all of the food is on the Umu she covered it with Banana Fonds while it cooked. Palusami was absolutely amazing I cannot even begin to describe to you what it tasted like but it was definitely my favorite thing I have tried this entire trip. After lunch we thanked the cook and tried to give her a tip but she told us in Samoa tipping is not accepted gene
rally. We headed back to the front desk to go through a quick orientation. The lady working the counter said we had a choice between two tour guides. Olson or Fly, she described Olson as the calm, informative, slow moving, knowledgeable guide and Fly as the young, acrobatic, fast paced, daring tour guide. Of course, before we could even open our mouths, Noah demanded we have Fly. Although at the time I was a little hesitant after hearing her description I am so glad that we ended up choosing Fly. He is the best, the tour took a little over 4 hours and I enjoyed every last minute. We hiked through river beds, lava formations, waterfalls, and banks. It was definitely a wild and challenging adventure but very rewarding. Fly was tumbling and jumping around the whole way while we were all trying to keep up while also taking in the beauty of this amazing natural attraction. This was one of my favorite things we did and definitely something I will never forget. After we were done we were all exhausted and it was about 7pm by the time we were all boarding the bus back for the hotel. The bus ride home was a little less eventful since we were all asleep the driver was quiet and just woke us all up as we pulled into the hotel.
Bus (round-trip)- 75 Samoan Tala= 31.60 USD
31.60 x 5 = $ 158.00
Day Pass- 119 Somoan Tala= 50.00 USD
50.00 x 5= $250.00
Lunch- 23 Samoan Tala = 9.71 USD
9.71 x 5 = $ 48.55
Total (USD)= $158.00 + $250.00 + $48.55= $456.55
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