Macadamia chocolates in American Samoa, mini Hawaii...

One of the delights in going to American Samoa, also known locally as Tutuila or Pago, was picking up some chocolate covered macadamia nuts which I've always picked up from Oahu, Hawaii whenever passing through to give as gifts/sovereigns to family.

Was also able to do the same this time and so neat in being able to share with friends and family as earlier my only interest was in 'Coast' soap which is only found in the Americas and Best Foods mayonnaise which you can now buy in NZ as well.

The other things that I noticed about American Samoa also was that there still wasn't a mall of shopping which was what my kids had expected in having travelled to different places in the Pacific. American Samoa still has big house like shops and stores where you're able to buy clothes and they are usually stand alone or close buy to each other unlike Samoa which has rows of stores that you're able to shop at.

We also noticed that in Pago, many people wore western clothing and not the lavalava's that are seen in many Samoan villages. Even wearing socks and high top basketball shoes was a big thing there whereas we just sported jandals...