1.0Esther Jacobs – the NO EXCUSES LADY: speaker, author, digital nomadhttps://estherjacobs.info/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jVxzwZjmeF"><a href="https://estherjacobs.info/en/blog/samoa-2026/">Samoa (2026)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://estherjacobs.info/en/blog/samoa-2026/embed/#?secret=jVxzwZjmeF" width="600" height="338" title="“Samoa (2026)” — Esther Jacobs – the NO EXCUSES LADY: speaker, author, digital nomad" data-secret="jVxzwZjmeF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://estherjacobs.info/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://estherjacobs.info/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_5275.jpeg1280960Samoa is incredibly lush, green and affordable. It feels undiscovered and is unbelievably beautiful. It feels like the Caribbean thirty years ago, before mass tourism and polished resorts took over. The islands are volcanic and wild. Green everywhere. Color everywhere. Life everywhere.But nature is not what steals the show here. The people do.