Day 6. 1/27-28; Heading to Samoa

Early flight. Fortunately the head winds are in our favor and we won't have to make a tech stop in Tahiti. 8 1/2 hrs to Samoa. 19 hrs ahead of us. The lectures one the trip with us are top experts in their fields and we are learning and enjoying each time the do a presentation. Today we have two talks. One a fascinating discussion of someone I was just slightly aware of, Alexander Von Humbolt. The other was more great practical tips from our expedition photographer. Towards the end of the flight we cross the International Date Line and lose a day. We land in Samoa where there's a little rain at the time but nice and warm and tropical. Very lush and a great contrast to Easter Island. We check in and of curse eat. I think we are averaging 5 meals every 24 hours. At least it seams like it.we decide to pass on excursions this afternoon and just relax and let our bodies catch up to the changes in altitude, time, food etc. We relax and take a swim in the pool and Sue takes a nice dip in the South Pacific while I snooze. Then of course we go to dinner. We are treated to Polynesian signing and dancing plus a fire dance. They have held onto their heritage and the show is quite authentic. Off to bed at a decent time!