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# Samoa and American Samoa for double New Year's Eve 2012 Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Samoa
yaleboy 00:27 UTC 22 Dec 2011 | I'm going to be traveling to Samoa and American Samoa Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 to experience Samoa's move across the International Date Line and it's first NYE in which it will be among the first countries on earth to welcome the new year. On Jan. 1 I'll fly to American Samoa, crossing the date line and arriving on Dec. 31 in time to celebrate New Year's again (in the last territory in the world to celebrate NYE). Wondering if there's anyone else out there planning the same... would be fun to meet up! |
pago 18:29 UTC 22 Dec 2011 | Oh it'll be fun for sure...just can't make it until later in 2012. | 1
anillos_de_saturno 22:40 UTC 22 Dec 2011 | Are you sure you cross the International Day Line when you fly from Samoa to America Samoa? Can you provide a link confirming it? BTW, talking about the International Day Line, there was a time when Kiribati was crossed by the International Day Line. It was 22 hours earlier in Tarawa than in Kiritimati. Nowadays, It's two hours earlier in Kiritimati than in Tarawa. | 2
wksamoa 18:19 UTC 23 Dec 2011 | What about here and here and here? We are all preparing for it, here in Samoa. Skipping a date is the easiest - having no Friday next week is a bit confusing though. OP - do you have booked and confirmed all flights already? Everything is heavily booked for the season, even though the airlines increase their number of flights. Just found this one. Now the place to go for the last sunset of the day will be Palagi Beach on Tutuila. How appropriate, as all this dateline stuff only exists because of having made Greenwich/London the center of the world in the old times of the British Empire. Palagi means "Foreigner" in Samoan. | 3
anillos_de_saturno 18:32 UTC 23 Dec 2011 | @wksamoa (#3): Oh, I see. The change occurs this year. I didn't read the OP properly as I understood Samoa was already "on the other side" of the International Data Line. Thanks for the info. | 4
pago 19:53 UTC 23 Dec 2011 | We've been associated with the Samoas since 1965, Never heard of Palagi Beach??? | 5
wksamoa 19:20 UTC 24 Dec 2011 | Neither did I. But apparently there is one. Google the name and you will find ;-) | 6
pago 14:18 UTC 26 Dec 2011 | Found "palagi" beach, still must be a fairly "new" name. Asked 3 Samoans and they had never heard of it. Actually, we always saw our last sunsets at Leone. | 7
wksamoa 18:26 UTC 26 Dec 2011 | Google Maps has it too, even quite prominently. So it might be more of an 'official' name but not necessarily one that is commonly used. | 8
superwomantri 22:56 UTC 03 Aug 2013 | We will be doing this This year, 2013/2014. How did it work out? Any suggestions? How did you get to American Samoa from Western Samoa. i cant seem to find a way by boat, is it only by air? | 9
anillos_de_saturno 13:14 UTC 04 Aug 2013 | How did you get to American Samoa from Western Samoa. i cant seem to find a way by boat, There's at least one sea option. Take a look here. | 10