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Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa
Trip Day Twenty: Thursday, October 11, 2007
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West of Pago Pago in the Local Tour Bus
Tourism is not well-developed on the island, and they obviously were using the local busses to provide transportation for our tour.
The bus service is good, with lots of colorful family-owned buses operating back and forth along the south side of Tutuila until dusk on weekdays and until around 4pm on Saturday (no Sunday service). Fares seldom exceed US$1, and the drivers will stop almost anywhere, so flag one down if the bus is headed your way. Standing in the bus is not allowed; therefore, you're guaranteed a comfortable trip. The main bus station is next to the market in Fagatogo. Google "Tutuila transportation" for some entertaining stories about traveler's experiences with local bus and air transportation.
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Our young tour guide introduced himself, and we were soon on our way toward the southwestern part of the island.
He told us a little about himself. He had lived in San Francisco with his grandmother when he was quite young,
but returned to the island when he was about six-years-old. He hopes to return to California to attend college
in the Bay Area.
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