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Archive for June 2024

Coconut Crab Hunting

https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/coconut-crab-hunting Going for a walk in the forest at night and in the rain may sound like a strange activity. However, joining a coconut crab hunt turned out to be an unexpected highlight of my stay in Ofu. Throughout our second day on Ofu Island, the storm did not relent much. Between the episodes of […]

A Week on Ofu Island: Setbacks in Paradise

https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/a-week-on-ofu-island-setbacks-in-paradise Summary: a personal account of a week on Ofu Island in the National Park of American Samoa during which carefully-laid plans were thwarted by a combination of weather, equipment failures, and transportation issues threatening to leave us stranded in the South Pacific. My friend Tommy travels without plans or expectations. This approach, increasingly popular […]