Countryside around Opolu

Opolu is the 2nd largest island in Samoa, and is where the capital, Apia (see another post) is located. Samoa is a beautiful country, from volcanic mountains to sandy beaches to coral reefs. I'm told that at the beginning of covid, all work stopped, including maintenance of tourist sites. Sadly, much of that maintenance work remains undone.
The 1st 2 pictures look at the countryside from locations where it was visible from the road. The 1st is looking toward the southern shore, and the 2nd looking inland.
The 3rd picture looks across some rock or tidal pools where sea water gets trapped at low tide. This is high tide so they are only visible if you look closely below the water surface and note depressions in the rock. Nearby is the cave pool in the 4th picture. This is a collapsed lava tube where fresh water from a spring flows out toward the ocean.
The next 3 pictures are a few of the many waterfalls that are found all around the island. I visited more, but they were barely visible due to lack of maintenance of the viewpoints.
The last 2 pictures are of the To Sua Ocean Trench site. This is another collapsed lava tube. In this case, the tube collapsed a sort way inland from its end at the shore. It looks much like a cenote in Central America. The last picture is a portion of the well maintained gardens on siteRead more