For our final few days of the trip we had been recommended a lovely place called Satiatua on the south coast of Savaii. Again another Fale. This one was huge, you could have got a very large family in there. The food was great and you even got a choice of meals. The people were so friendly that ran the place. It was a real family affair as most things are in Samoa. Samaons' provide for themselves through plantations, fishing and livestock. They are extremely hard working people including the children. The Auntie of the Family was the village Matai (which is the chief), it is rare for a women to be appointed this role but after meeting her it was easy to see why. She was a great character, real fun with an infectious laugh. The picture shows Leiloma holding Mick Fannnings snapped board from when he stayed at the fale's ten years ago. She had no idea he was that famous, let alone 2 times world champion. It came up in conversation that a pro Hawian stayed there, but later turned out it wasn't a Hawaiian at all, but Aussie Mick. She told us when he left he and his friends wrote messages and signed his broken board and left it in the ceiling with the many other pieces of snapped board. That evening we checked all of the boards in the ceiling to try to find which one it might be. The boards were all thickly coated with dust so any that we suspected might be his we washed in the sea to check for messages. When we eventually found the likely candidate, with a massage from Mick F to match, Leiloma confirmed our find by shouting “It's the pig, It's the Pig, now remember, it's the Pig!”
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