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Sep 1, 2019 · Robert Louis Stevenson and Western Samoa. by Thomas H. Booth. Western Samoa claims the largest proportion of full-blooded Polynesians in the world. At last count there were 162,000 of them, a collection of robust, often tattooed, sometimes obese, lava lava clad folks who live on the two main islands of Savai’i, and Upolu.
Sep 28, 2015 · Robert Louis Stevenson. The Stevenson clan: Robert, his wife Fanny and her son Lloyd, and Robert’s widowed mother settled on the island of Upolu in Samoa in 1890. RLS had a house built at the foot of Mt Vaea, which he called Vailima, and he continued to write, but also became an advocate for the Samoans. Vailima, a beautiful island plantation ...
The original beer of Samoa, Vailima is the signature brew of Samoa Breweries, first flying into the hands of Samoans in 1978. Likely due to Germany’s colonial influence , Vailima is a german-style lager but has become iconic across the islands, available in most supermarkets and bars.
Oct 6, 2010 · Samoa was Stevenson’s last stop in the Pacific, the place that the Scottish-born writer finally called home after years of wandering. In 1890, helped by an American entrepreneur, Stevenson bought more than 300 acres of forested land south of Apia, and he and his American-born wife, Fanny Osbourne, set about building what is still a grand ...
Other articles where Vailima is discussed: Apia: …in Apia, and his home, Vailima, is now the residence of the head of state. Stevenson is buried at Mount Vaea, which rises to 1,500 feet (460 meters) on the town’s southern outskirts. The government holds title to the town land.
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