 Vailima with Mt Vaea in the background This is the name of the last residence of Robert Louis Stevenson and the village where it is situated. Both are about four kilometres south of Apia, the capital of Samoa. The house has had a varied past with it functioning as the residence of the Head of State amongst others. It is now a museum in honour of RLS and has been substantially restored.
Vailima is also the name of Samoa's national beer, a German type lager beer with a crisp refreshing taste, brewed by Samoa Breweries Limited.
"Vailima" is literally translated from the Samoan as "hand-water" and has its origin in a Samoan folktale in which a woman revives her dying lover by carrying water to him in her hands.
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