Fa'afetai Tele Ma Tofa, Samoa!

And here I am at Faleolo  Airport, waiting for my flight to Nadi...

While the terminal building is ready (completed early this year), the landside infrastructure is still being completed...

And the terminal is pretty spic and span...

Just a handful airlines including Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and Fiji Airways operate to Faleolo...

Besides, Samoa has its own airline - Samoa Airways, branded as Polynesian that operates to Australia, New Zealand and American Samoa...

The departures board...

Keeping a track of Neeti's flight from Incheon to Nadi on FlightRadar24...

And we are eagerly awaiting our short holiday in Fiji...

Checking out the duty free...

Colourful Samoan fabric...

"Leave A Little Sparkle Wherever You Go"

Checking out some souvenirs...

The lovely view from the departure hold area...

And it appears the incoming Fiji Airways flight from Nadi has been inordinately delayed...

And I can't see my flight coming in...

And with a view like this - a lovely view of the ocean, who can complain about a flight delay...

And here comes in my flight and we should be boarding in sometime...

And Neeti has started WhatsApping me the first pics from Fiji - more on that later...

Boarding the Fiji Airways ATR72 - boarding proceeded very slowly, typical island style, or shall I say on "Fiji Time"?

And the lovely view...

I had to convert my remaining Samoan Tala - but the exchange counter did not have Fijian Dollars. The only available currencies were Tongan paʻanga and the New Zealand dollar... 

From an ease of conversion perspective, I exchanged the Samoan Tala for the New Zealand dollar...

And it's almost time to go...

Or time to say Fa'afetai Tele Ma Tofa, Samoa!

Or thank you and goodbye Samoa!