Every once in a while, I get a reminder about how beautiful Samoa is and how lucky I am to be here. Today was one of those days.

Kris and I spent the day at the Papaseea Sliding Rock. Papaseea is a series of 3 little waterfalls with water skimming over surfaces so smooth that you can slide right down them into relatively deep, cool, fresh pools of crystal clear water.

It's stunning beautiful and it's only just outside of town. To give you an idea, from the center of Apia, it's a 7 tala taxi to the Slide. It's also a 7 tala taxi ride in the opposite direction to my house.

We got there around ten in the morning. The skies were somewhat overcast, but no one was around. We paid our 2 tala entry fee and walked down the long series of concrete stairs built by the Japanese or the Canadians or some other "aid" benefactor.

Down at the river, the falls were raging because we've been having so much rain. Kris pluinged right into the largest fall. It has the longest slide at about 5-6 meters, but the pool at the base was too swallow because of all the build up silt.

No problem. We just went about 10 yards down river to the other two slides. The first is a short steep drop of about 2 meters to a narrow, deep pool. The real fun comes on the third slide. It's not as steep as the second, nor as harrowing as the first long waterfall, but it's so fun.

You slide down at about 45 degree angle, hit a little bump of a rock and pop in the air into the pool below. Great fun and all natural.

I couldn't find my bathing suit this morning and my shorts had a little too much friction so I'm to have to come back, but it's so close, I can easily ride my bike up there.

Kris and I spent an hour or so sitting at the top of the falls, chatting and letting the water run over us until some tourists showed up and we decided it was time to call it a day, but not before snapping a few pics.