Welcome Pictures from Samoa

The most frequent question I'm getting is about food: "What kind of food will you be eating?" Well, here's some pictures to let you (and me!) know:

Husking a coconut

Removing the meat from a coconut after husking

Typical Samoan meats

Preparing papaya

Preparing breadfruit

Typical fruits from Samoa

And here's what the markets look like:

Supermarket

Open-air market in Apia

"What will your living situation be like?" Let's have a look:

Meal with host family

What my room might look like

Or maybe more like this

Open fale (house

Western-style house

Family compound (left to right): fale (house), cooking house, bathroom/shower

Lastly, "What do the schools look like?":

My uniform for school

My project will be teaching literacy and conversation skills to primary level English students. Peace Corps Volunteers are also expected to do side projects. Here's a few photos of what that might look like:

So cool!

Some additional Samoan cultural photos:

General store/meeting place

Samoan bus

Church on Sunday: an important part of Samoan culture

I'm totally gonna learn how to do this

And some activities I'll probably be doing in my spare time:

I hope you enjoy the pictures!