Known as Joe Keil, I was born 11 May 1944 the second son of William and Violet Keil. My earliest recollections were happy ones being raised on a cocoa and coconut plantation at Lotopa, which belonged to my grandmother Hazel (nee Kennison) Elkins-Harrington-Mugele-Hack. We lived in a big old house on the river bank, and we were free to roam the plantation eating all the fruits like esi, mangoes, vi, coconuts, sugar cane etc. I learned to swim at a very young age and we swam in the river every daily.
The first time Samoa Airways pilot, Fanaafi Sooaemalelagi flew an airplane almost seven years ago, she describes the sensation as a little more than your average case of ‘butterflies in the stomach.’ “I remember thinking; these aren’t butterflies – these are more like dragons!” said Faanafi “the turbulence was a little scary and it felt like my stomach was in my chest – but it was fun.” With just over 5% of airline pilots worldwide being female, Fanaafi is “flying” the path less travelled as the only female pilot at Samoa Airways, working in a traditionally male dominant industry.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office website has been amended today to advise against all but essential travel to Samoa until further notice.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office website has been amended today to advise against all but essential travel to Samoa until further notice.
Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa, and the smaller American Samoa, a US territory, make up the Samoan Islands group with a combined population of nearly 250,000.
The islands are heavily reliant on tourism, which has overtaken agriculture as the dominant contributor to GDP at 25 per cent, generating over $116.5 million (£75 million).
The number of visitors to Samoa reached 122,000, with the majority of tourists coming from Australia and New Zealand, and less than 10 per cent from Britain.
Samoa s Historic Election Result - Solomon Times Online solomontimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from solomontimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.