Worth knowing
Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson settled in Samoa in 1890. Samoans called him Tusitala, the teller of tales, and when he died they cut a path up Mount Vaea overnight to bury him at the top.
Where its story happens
Stevenson's grave, Mount Vaea, at 13.86°S, 171.77°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Samoa
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Samoa, in the South Pacific, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. See Samoa on a map.
- A US territory just to its east shares its name, with 'American' in front.
- It skipped 30 December 2011 entirely, jumping across the International Date Line overnight.
- Its men traditionally wear the pe'a, a dense tattoo from waist to knee, tapped in by hand.
- The author of Treasure Island spent his last years here and is buried on a mountain above its capital.