Samoa: I Crossed a Border That Shouldn’t Exist | Travel, Culture, Island Life

Ilya Varlamov

I'm in Oceania! I travelled to both Independent Samoa and American Samoa — two islands with the similar people, language, and history, but divided by time, culture, and colonial legacy. One side is calm and traditional, the other loud and Americanized — even down to a full-blown prom parade in the r