Mustache Slide

Not all the ridiculous parties we throw on island are worth a blog post. This one is. We did a mustache and waterslide party. It resulted in this video:

Who wants a Mustache Slide? from Alex Messina on Vimeo.

Which is awesome. Enjoy.

Price Per Pound

The Pacific Islands don't make international news very often for their business innovation. However, the new airline, Samoan Air, flying into American Samoa has managed to do just that. How, you ask, by charging passengers based on their weight. With through the roof obesity levels here, it will be an experiment that either does well or fails. The airlines currently flying between American Samoa and Samoa charge $120-$140 roundtrip per person. At $4.16/kg and 2.2kg/lb that's $1.89 per pound. Which makes Samoa Air cheaper than the competition if you weigh less than 74 pounds, not necessarily my choice at the moment.

UPDATE: the earlier article reported in Samoan tala (worth about $0.45). So the pricing actually works out to be $0.97-1.06/lb.

UPDATE II: Turns out the quoted price is per kilo and in dollars. So that makes it a little more price competitive. The break even point for the Pago to Apia flight ($0.93/kilo vs. $140 roundtrip)  is 165lbs. The better deal is flying to Savaii, where there currently aren't any flights from American Samoa (at $1.06/kilo).