Well, Samoa is a traditional place. You might say, in fact, that not a lot happens here. I arrived in Samoa myself in February – after some 10 years’ absence – and asked my taxi driver what ...

Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of traditional "tatau" found among the people of the Polynesian island country Samoa.

“And we have no cycling culture in Samoa, that literally means no bike mechanics or bike shops here and no shops selling triathlon or cycling kit. We have to bring in tyre tubes from New Zealand.