{"id":161,"date":"2013-10-10T02:08:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T02:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T23:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T23:18:57","slug":"the-spirit-of-samoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of Samoa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home\u201d \u2013 James A. Michener<\/em><\/p>\n

Beyond the perfect white beaches, coconut groves and calm turquoise waters, Samoa is also one of the richest cultural regions in the world.<\/p>\n

A combination of culture, people and the untouched landscape has drawn the attention of photographers and intrepid travellers, especially over the last few years.<\/p>\n

From the sounds of tropical birds chattering in the lush green jungle to the ancient and captivating fire knife dance, Samoa is a tapestry of natural beauty and ancient cultures. The minute your feet hit the fertile soil, the spirit of Samoa can be felt.<\/p>\n

Like many fellow Expedia Travellers, I travel with the purpose to explore, experience and learn. I\u2019m curious about the lives of the local people. I choose to get off the beaten tourist path and walk through the villages, willingly observing the local customs and participating in village life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa<\/a> \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.<\/p>\n

Images by Claire-Maree Charters<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6,2,3,39,14,7,18],"tags":[197],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-destination","category-experiences","category-explore","category-food-and-wine","category-interests","category-oceania","category-relax","tag-samoa","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Expedia AU Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-10T02:08:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-08T23:18:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie McNeely\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie McNeely\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/\",\"name\":\"The Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-10T02:08:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-08T23:18:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/7c3ff1d241163ecf78de48671f1787ce\"},\"description\":\"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Explore\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interests\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/interests\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Adventure\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/interests\/adventure\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"The Spirit of Samoa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/\",\"name\":\"Expedia AU Stories\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/7c3ff1d241163ecf78de48671f1787ce\",\"name\":\"Jamie McNeely\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6c5fcb9612549bc286e9121c24dc652?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6c5fcb9612549bc286e9121c24dc652?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jamie McNeely\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.waveinteractive.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/author\/jamie-mcneely\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories","description":"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories","og_description":"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/","og_site_name":"Expedia AU Stories","article_published_time":"2013-10-10T02:08:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-08T23:18:57+00:00","author":"Jamie McNeely","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamie McNeely","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/","name":"The Spirit of Samoa - Expedia AU Stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-10-10T02:08:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-08T23:18:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/7c3ff1d241163ecf78de48671f1787ce"},"description":"It\u2019s now time to take a journey to Samoa \u2013 the land of happy people, rich culture and natural wonder.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/the-spirit-of-samoa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Explore","item":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Interests","item":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/interests\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Adventure","item":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/interests\/adventure\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"The Spirit of Samoa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/","name":"Expedia AU Stories","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/7c3ff1d241163ecf78de48671f1787ce","name":"Jamie McNeely","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6c5fcb9612549bc286e9121c24dc652?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6c5fcb9612549bc286e9121c24dc652?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jamie McNeely"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.waveinteractive.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/author\/jamie-mcneely\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.expedia.com.au\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}