RA-V Missions

Sogi, Samoa

Due to the availability of flights we were actually scheduled to be in Samoa for four full days, three of them working with the Samoa met service instead of the usual two. The first day was pretty much like the rest: presentations of the software we were putting together. The Samoan met service was quite large, with one main centre and several out-buildings. We spent our time in a meeting room which was actually quite nice. Modelled after many of the structures found around Apia, it was light and sunny (I won’t pretend to know if they were traditional in any way, although the pitch and height of the roofs seem to suggest some common through-line of sorts).

Arriving at the met service. It was only a few hundred metres up the road from where we’re staying.
Our meeting room.
Yours truly, giving my part of the demo.
Other shots of the met service. Meeting room on the right, main building on the left.
This is 180° from the previous shot, and also the view we were treated to in the meeting room.