{"id":1608,"date":"2012-03-23T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2012-02-17T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T14:07:41","slug":"american-samoa-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1608","title":{"rendered":"American Samoa &#8211; November 2011."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American Samoa is the southernmost American territory in the world. For years it was used as a refueling stop for long distance flights from continental United States to Australia, but now planes can do the trip in one hop.<\/p>\n<p>I was meant to be flying out from American Samoa to Honolulu and Japan and then down to New Caledonia, but I worked out I could just stay on the ship for another fours days instead of taking two overnight flights. That meant I could go to a beach bar with a bunch of crew from the ship, and I took one of my favourite photos of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Which is, of course, the guy holding the snorkel and face mask.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m kidding.<\/p>\n<p><h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Zaandam &#8211; November 2011<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-0.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20111118 american samoa\/20111118-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zaandam - November 2011: Visiting American Samoa and Fiji.\">\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>I love to read comments and feedback about my blog posts. Please email me, I reply to every message: luke@juggler.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Samoa is the southernmost American territory in the world. For years it was used as a refueling stop for long distance flights from continental United States to Australia, but now planes can do the trip in one hop. 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