Savaii-Samoa What's inside that counts

Point to Ponder: Who knows at what precise moment your status can change, but what's inside of you is what matters.

Story Line:

Savaii-Samoa (in video above) is the sixth largest island in the Polynesia- New Zealand, Hawaii and Oahu being the three largest. Savaii is pristine and beautiful. Nature has showered the island with the ocean with intense blue waters, beautiful skies, majestic sunrise and sunsets, lush vegetation with variety of colors, superb blowholes, volcanic rocks, beautiful churches and some of the friendliest people in the world. Upolu is the main island of Samoa and Savaii is the biggest island. 

For reasons still unknown to me, the memories of Savaii came to my mind while I was recovering from a second dose of Covid vaccine and dreaming of somekind of escape. As for this late reflection, I decided to share this beautiful place with FR community.

Reflection:

As I was having chills from the vaccine, one funny memory surfaced. Prior to 2011, Savaii was well advertised as the place in the world where the sun set last for the day. On December 30, 2011, the intenational dateline was moved east of Savaii and Samoa, and Savaii was no longer the place where sunset last. The travel industry lost one advertising gimmick. However, the Sun still set the next evening. Despite losing that arbitrary status, Savaii is still as beautiful as ever and continued to receive more tourists every year. 

Don't know why this thought came to mind during my "chilling" hours but it seemed to be worth reflecting.