UB40

We woke up after an awful night in our smelly hotel room after a group of drunkards were outside our room screaming and throwing things at our hotel and checked out straight away.

We headed to a nice café for some breakfast then in to town to look at what was going on for the Independence Day celebrations.

It was really busy and everyone was in a buoyant mood, there were stalls setup all along the front and even the police had on shiny white uniforms (Sunday Best!).

It was very hot, so we had to keep stopping for refreshments, before heading back to our NICE hotel and getting a well needed shower and some rest before the big night.

We headed to Apia Park around 6pm, to get in early for the UB40 concert. We were glad we did as it was very busy.

There were a number of local bands on first, and one from NZ, but at around 8.30, when the place was really packed UB40 came on. They were without their lead singer, but still did a very impressive set lasting nearly 2 hours. The old stuff was the best, and the locals liked this a lot more than the newer. All in all a great night but both Chris and I were both aching from standing around in a small area for so long.

The party animals we are, we went back and to bed for a nice sleep; pity we didn’t have any Cocoa!

Apia, Samoa