CherryPopper

It just so happened to be my birthday while i was over in Samoa & i made sure i didn't let this minor detail go past both work & the locals i was working with. I let Roneil (local guy i was working with) know that he had to take me out on the town for my birthday & help me celebrate.

Roneil came through and picked me up from the Hotel after work and took me to his local bar, one of three in the town. The bar was a "sports" bar, it had some TV's with all sorts of games on from around the world but mainly rugby. It was full of rowdy BIG Samoans cheering for their teams on the various TV's around the place. This time i wasn't the only palagi in the place as there were a number of other aussies, so i looked a little bit more like a local. Roneil then introduced me to Vailima which is pretty much the ONLY beer you can get in Samoa, but luckly its quite good. Vailima tastes much like my favourite local beer Boags Premium, just a little more rough around the edges.

The few local aussies soon introduced themselves and were quizzing me about what its like back in Australia, one just happened to be from Adelaide.... i let him know what i thought of his hometown!!! (Ass end of nowhere). Soon i was getting pretty drunk as Roneil was meant to take me out to dinner before hitting the bar so he ordered up some Sashimi (raw salmon) from the bar, which i thought was quite odd as their aren't many bars i know that also do Sashimi. But hey i was half tanked and was hungry so it was food.

A few more drinks in and the bar maid started putting empty shot glasses next to my beer??? At first it was just one then another & then another. I slurred at Roneil "what the" and pointed at the shot glasses, he informed me that the locals found out it was my birthday and were buying me drinks!!! The shot glasses were free drinks.

At this point things got a little hazy for a while and the next thing i know I'm at some tin shed eating steak & eggs? Which I'm guessing is the Samoan equivalent of a souvlaki when your drunk you go and grab some steak & eggs.

From what i remember it was a great night but man did i pay for it the next day, i just slept all day and took it easy at my hotel & went for a short walk in the evening to watch the sunset, but it was good fun & a great place to spend my 27th birthday.

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