Day 30 Pago Pago, American Samoa But it's pronounced Pango Pango. It's said that when the discoverers of the island came to put it on the map, they didn't have an 'n' on the typeset so they named it Pago Pago! We had a great taxi driver who wore a Somoan skirt! He took us all the way along the east coast of the island and then dropped us off at Tisa's Barefoot Bar on the beach. We ordered the local beer, and then had an hour relaxing in the ocean, which was ab...

Day28 Crossing the Equator We crossed the equator at 10.46 precisely. In the afternoon, King Neptune invited us to an initiation ceremony.The back of the ship's decks were packed but I managed to push my way in to take some photographs. One of our onboard friends, Steve, was chosen for one of the initiation ceremonies where he had to kiss a fish and had 'shark's insides' smeared all over him. He was then thrown in the pool which was later drained (a number of ...