Blowholes and ferry

On our penultimate morning in Samoa we left Satuiatua at 7.30am in order to catch the 10am ferry but on the way we planned to see some 'Blowholes'. They are holes in the volcanic rock on the shoreline that send sea water shooting high in the air through the holes at high tide. The taxi driver, Valamer, arrived on time (unheard of in Samoa as everyone works on 'island time'). He took us to the blow holes, there are normally locals hanging around and for a few Tala perform the party trick of throwing a coconut shell into the hole so you can watch it fly into the air as the water shoots up. As we were so early there was no one there to do this so Valamer gave it a go. He saw I (Ruth) was wearing a camera and suggested 'a photo'. I agreed thankfully as you rarely get a photo together when there is only the 2 of you travelling but before I could take out the camera Valamer was next to John waiting for their photo together. As many Samoans don't have cameras they sometimes ask you to take theirs and post it to them. He then asked if I would like to be in one and handed John the camera.
Valamer got us to the ferry in plenty of time, but as we pulled up he translated the announcement to us that the 10am ferry was not going to sail but there should be one at 12, so we sat down for a few hours wait. When the 12pm ferry arrived, we joined the queue only to find out they were only letting a few people on due to the amount of cargo they were carrying. So the wait continued, but this time we were a little concerned as we had to catch this next one in order to make our flight the following morning. We decided to be on the safe side and stay in the line for the next 2 hours to secure a place. Fortunately they sent the larger ferry and off we sailed. Few!