(fi) When I came to Samoa for the first time, I did not know a lot of things:
For example I did not know, that Corned Beef is the main food item, that a bunch of Samoan Girls would like to marry me, that all shops are closed most of the time and – that’s the point of this story: That it is completely impossible to buy a Swiss Army Knife in all of Samoa.

What happened before

Well, not long before this, I owned a nice, handy Swiss Knife. It was quite thick, with countless useful tools underneath its red cover. Like little scissors, a file, a can-opener and even a saw. Having no money as a young guy, I bought it second hand from a friend, for just 10 Euro (something about 25 Samoan Tala), while the new ones sell for up to ten times that price. The thing served me well for many years, and in Bali, where I used to live the majority of the year, I cut hundreds of bamboo-piles with the saw, building furniture. Yes, it was a good knife, and I truly loved it … Weiterlesen →