The drive from the Faleolo International Airport towards the Apia Township has never been more attractive.
That’s largely thanks to thousands of villagers who have banded together to welcome visitors to Samoa for the UN Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S) conference, which starts at the end of the week.
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Villagers have decorated the road with fresh flowers, flags and banners of all sizes and colours in an effort to beautify their country. In some villages, the streets light up at night with colourful light bulbs and other creative forms of lighting giving the place a special feel to ot.
The decorations though doesn’t stop with villages along the main airport road.
Villages and schools at Faleata and nearby areas have been doing their bit too, placing welcoming banners to greet the 3,000 visitors expected. Some of them have already arrived and marvelled at the level of community involvement that’s taken to prepare Samoa to host the meeting.
Yesterday, Joshua Lafoai, of the Samoa Observer, took the drive to the Faleolo Airport and he came back with these shots.
All photos here: https://www.facebook.com/samoaobservernewspaper/photos/pcb.895496783812469/895493610479453/?type=1&theater
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