A Looooooooong Weekend

So I went to Manu'a this past Thursday to spend a long weekend with my friends KC and Courtney. The weekend was awesome, but I found out that my flight Sunday was cancelled, but they put me on the early flight on Monday. Then on Monday they changed the time of the flight but said they "couldn't contact" me to let me know, so I missed the flight. We then found out the the FAA has shut down the only airline that flies to Manu'a, Inter-Island, becuase none of their planes are up to saftey standards. However there is one chance to get off the island and that is the govener's plane which holds a whopping six people. Today KC and Courtney were supposed to fly out also so we all went to the airport at 7am to try to get on the flight. When the flight arrived at 10 not only were we not the ones to get on the flight, but they told us their was no other flight that day. Three minutes later we here the pilot turn and tell a matai's (cheif's) family that another flight would be back this afternoon to pick up more people. KC and Courtney are familiar with this getting shunted to the back as it happens to them as some of the few white people on theh island, and Samoans in the know admit that it is because we are white.

So this is what racism feels like! It's actually a good experience as I never really was treated like a second class citizen because of my race before.

When will I get home?

I seriously don't know. And it kind sucks cause I have to cancel my trip to Western Samoa which I am supposed to be leaving for tomorrow... blargh...

Fa'asamoa! I'm going to make the best of it regardless!