Mc Donalds In Samoa

The weather has not been very good on the whole cruise.  There have been many more rainy and over cast days than sunny.  When I got to Samoa it was raining and all I wanted to do was to find fast internet.  I asked about a particular cafe at the port and was told this place was far and had been nocked out by the tsunami.  After some exploration around the main drag, I found out that Mc Donalds had wireless internet.  I went to the counter and asked and they told me that I needed to get a card back in town.  I also asked if they had the grilled chicken sandwich and the girl looked at me as if I was crazy.  No salads at this Mc Donalds.  I then asked someone working on their computer, how to get online and he told me I don't need the card and I can just login and give my credit card.  Mission accomplished, it worked and was fast.  Although the ship has wireless internet, it is slow and expensive and I also have internet on the Blackberry but it is slow and intermittent.

I got on line a proceeded to try out my latest gadget the Magic Jack.  I bought it at Wal Mart for $39.95 along with a cheap telephone.  It plugs into your USB port it is a combination of software and phone jack.  You also have to sign up for it over the internet.  I have my own telephone and voice mail that goes directly to my email.  Just the voice mail in your email is a great thing in and of itself, to be able to listen to messages from your email. 

I plugged in the phone and immediately got a dial tone.  I dialed my parents but nothing happened, I then realized the software needed some attention and I pushed a few buttons on the computer and voila, I was able to dial.  The connection went from clear to static and back and forth.  Seems like cell phones have static but I would need more experience with this.  Any way, I made a few calls and then back to work. 

I started to get the blog together as well as loaded up my pictures on Flickr. .

While walking back to the ship, I bumped into my friend Bryan and took the above picture.  The Samoans are friendly and happy people and they don't take tips.  And just lets say, I will not be selling a lot of tiny bikinis here.  I would like to come back here one day.