Malaeloa/Aitulagi

The Noordam has departed the dock in Pago Pago and is sailing out of the harbour on its way to Hawaii Big island, arriving 5 days from now. Oh My Buddha, too many sea-days !!!

We are on the Noordam and it s getting ready to depart Pago Pago. This will be our "Last Minute".

Welcome signage in Pago Pago. SAMOA MUAMUA LE ATUA (American Somoa's motto, means, “Samoa, God is First.” Did I mention the community is rife with churches.

Tutuila Island fuel cache on the island coastal highway. American Samoa uses imported fossil fuels for almost all of the territory's energy needs, including transportation, drinking and waste water treatment, and most (about 97% in 2020) of its electric power generation. American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), a government corporation, owns and operates two generating plants on Tutuila that have about 45 megawatts of combined diesel-fueled capacity.

Fatu ma Futi (Flower Pot Rock) is a natural landmark offshore of Tutuila Island near the entrance of Pago Pago Harbour. Fatu looks like a sea stack, a natural geological formation usually found near rugged coastlines and appearing as vertical stone columns offshore from a main land mass. The taller the sea stack, the more unstable it is. Eventually the sea stack will topple and make a stump. But it may be that it has survived a wave battering because it is much harder than the surrounding rocks? This is a volcanic region. Regardless of its geological origin, Fatu was exposed, over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology. It formed when part of a headland was eroded by hydraulic action, the force of the sea or water crashing against the rock.

Snorkel lesson in the waters of Faga All Bay, Pago Pago.

A memorial to singer Mathew Sam Ling. Ling was a member of 2K Twenty Boiz

A Pago Pago flag for American Samoa flag day. We were in Pago Pago 15 April, 2 days before American Samoa Flag Day (17 April). In preparation for the holiday, residents decorate the island with woven palm fronds and flowers on signs, lamp posts, and coconut trees. 17 April, 1900, the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila was signed. The treaty was between the U.S and several chiefs of the Island of Tutuila. The treaty ceded the island to the U.S making it American Samoa. For the first time, the American flag was raised on Sogelau Hill in Fagatogo.

A set of Purse Seine net stored on the dock at the Port of Pago Pago. A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish. The seine has floats along the top line (the yellow balls) with a lead line threaded through rings along the bottom. Once a school of fish is located, a skiff encircles the school with the net. The nets in Pago Pago are used to catch Tuna.

The Noordam moored to the dock in Pago Pago Harbour. We first walked left around the harbour bay and then right to the next community concentration of Faga'alu. So going right now.

I caught my eye and no idea what it is but guessing some kind of survey locator marker in Pago Pago.

The electricity generating station in Pago Pago operated by the American Samoa Power Authority. American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) is a development-oriented public utility providing electricity, water, wastewater and solid waste services to residents of American Samoa. Diesel generators supply most of American Samoa's electricity, nearly all of it on the main island, Tutuila.

Pago Pago Harbour is home to a small ship graveyard and this is one of those interred here - well not buried but ready to be?

This bright red disc located at street drains in Pago Pago is impossible to miss. Does the message resonate with residents?

We were in Pago Pago 15 April, 2 days before American Samoa Flag Day (17 April). In preparation for the holiday, residents decorate the island with woven palm fronds and flowers on signs, lamp posts, and coconut trees. 17 April, 1900, the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila was signed. The treaty was between the U.S and several chiefs of the Island of Tutuila. The treaty ceded the island to the U.S making it American Samoa. For the first time, the American flag was raised on Sogelau Hill in Fagatogo.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church (Finagalo Paia O Iesu - Divine Will Of Jesus) Pago Pago parish community serves the spiritual and liturgical needs of the faithful in the village of Pago Pago. Catholicism made its way to the island in 1845 under the direction of Father Foudaire and Father Violette, two French missionaries of the Marist order. The Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago is arguably the smallest, most remote and exotically located grantee of Catholic Missions. It covers five islands and two coral atolls in American Samoa. There are seventeen parishes on Tutuila.

A bronze American Eagle sculpture sits at the entrance to the Department of Youth & Women's Affairs building in Pago Pago. The American Eagle figures prominently in the American Samoa flag. The flag is blue with a white triangle, edged in red. The triangle bears the American eagle. The eagle grasps the symbol of power of the Samoan chiefs, the "uatogi" (war-club) and the symbol of wisdom of the councils, the "fue" (ritual stick). The colors of the flag are both Samoan and American, and the American eagle, holding traditional Samoan emblems, represents the protection and friendship of the United States.

Another example of an East Jordon Iron Works (EJIW) Utility Cover in Pago Pago. EJ legacy dates to 1883 when William E. Malpass and his father-in-law Richard W. Round established a foundry on the shores of Lake Charlevoix, in the town of East Jordan, Michigan, USA. EJ continues to be 100% owned by descendants of William E. Malpass.