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Guam Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Guam
One day visiting the USA
This is a top pick! ... is the back-story about why Guam is "Where America starts its day". Although inhabited by the Chamorro people since around 1500 B.C., Guam became a Spanish colony after Magellan landed in 1521, and was later given to the USA as part of the settlement of ...
Breakfast At Denny's
This is a top pick! ... of travelers with no specific place to be, we decided to stop in and have a look around. We had been forewarned that Guam was effectively a U.S. military base with all of the good and bad that comes with that much American influence. Nonetheless it was as ...
Hafa Adai! Guam in a day
This is a top pick! Hafa Adai! Guam's way of welcoming their visitors. After unpacking my stuffs, I went outside to find dinner and to my surprise, almost everything is written in Japanese, or is it Korean. I ended up eating inside the confines of my room. I woke up ...
Jumping out of a perfectly good plane
This is a top pick! ... watch the sun set and the hundreds of Japanese on the beach. It is Saturday: they are here for the weekend. To say bye to Guam, we have our meal in the HRC. I should remember for next time: vegetables in the HRC means: broccoli. At home, I update ...
Is diving supposed to be fun ???
This is a top pick! ... I send a mail? So we do not recommend: http://www.gtds.com/center/index.html But check out: http://www.atlantisadventures.com/guam.cfm Just saw it, do not know whether it is really that cool or what it costs. In the late afternoon we go ...
R & R in Guam
This is a top pick! ... Islands. It is the 32nd largest island of the United States and is the largest island in Micronesia. The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous inhabitants, first populated the island approximately 4,000 years ago. Today, Guam's economy is mainly supported by ...
My ship is too close to yours...
... the Tokai causing considerable damage, but not sinking her.Sinking History Seven months later, the US submarine SNAPPER, patrolling west of Guam, spotted two ships in the harbor. Not knowing at the time that these were the Tokai Maru and another damaged ...
A small island, but still US soil!
Another new place to visit! The island of Guam is US territory in the Pacific Ocean. This important island is a key military location and many of our ships and airplanes that patrol the Pacific Ocean and Asia are based ...
Lower Sigua Falls Redemption Hike
... (should have brought a map blog), Joe and I headed out again with a different approach this time... using a map! We bought a guam hiking guidebook and map to navigate through the trails. I can't say that either helped much because the entire hike is ...
Theres always enough time!
... on the south side of the island. Merizo is right next to Umatac Bay and Magellan's landing. Magellans landing is the spot on Guam where Ferdinand Magellan landed in the 1500s and later settle in the spanish. I got some pictures I thought that were pretty ...
Not having brakes on a hill can be a problem
I got off of work about 3pm on Wednesday to finally see some pretty clear skies after a TON of rain the past couple days. Can't let that go to waste! I met up with a buddy, Jeremy ( who had the day off), at the hot-spot ( an airman rec-center and ...
Marbo Caves
So for some reason I still have not figured out to this day, on a saturday night, in the middle of a tropical storm... We decided caving would be an awesome idea. Talk about some blair witch project! Stocked up on underwater flashlights, snorkel gear and ...
My "Big Fish story"
... . The first one at "Blue and White" was new ground but I just saw a lot of the same colorful fish you see everywhere in Guam so nothing too crazy or exciting there. It was just nice and relaxing and there were lots of fish to see. Our second dive at ...
at sea...Japan tomorrow
The weather was rainy and the sea was very rough all yesterday...but, a little better today and it looks like the sun may even come out.... We have filled out two immigration forms for Japan...and tomorrow at 8 am we have to go into the terminal in Japan ...
Tallest Mountain in the world
... the base of the mountain at 36000 feet below sea level (almost 7 miles.. stand corrected) and the summit being the highest point of Guam, it takes the cake. After doing a little bit of research (come to find out not enough) and packing, my co weather ...
Advanced Open Water Scuba course
I took the advanced open water SCUBA course this weekend. It consisted of reading a useless book, knocking out some quizzes, and completing 5 specialty dives. The dive we chose were the Night diving, wreck diving, drift diving, navigation, and deep water ...
A very different Island
... see much that was interesting. We went to a cultural villiage only to find that it was mostly closed....so much for the Guam experience.... We are now on our way to Nagasaki, in the Philippine Sea. The weather is still warm but mostly cloudy ...
STOP is a four letter word
... beautiful daughter. She was honest, modest; her charm so natural that her beauty impressed everyone around her. When Spain ruled Guam a proud family lived in Agana, the capital city. The father was a wealthy Spanish aristocrat and the mother was a ...
The full moon
... comes out parallel with the oceans surface that goes from 60 to 130 feet. Its supposed to be really exhilarating and one of Guam's favorite dive spots. However, our boat captain was not a very risky fellow and due to the waves pushing outside of the ...
Should have brought a map!
So, pretty much every hike Ive ventured on so far, we have accomplished without a map. Ive looked at satellite pictures, read travel blogs and used a gps to find a trail heading but being that adventurous does NOT always work to your advantage. Lesson ...
Jump Around
Last weekend myself and a couple of buddies here ventured out to Pagat Point. It was like a 1 hour hike/boulder down a thick forest and rock cliff. Pretty exciting but very buggy! And I definitly learned that sunscreen is kind of essential in the ...
Guam revisited 2
... smiling to all people in the vicinity. Dining with her is great. Once again we were very lucky with the beautiful sunsets of Guam. In particular the sunset pictures with the canoes are worth a glance. After Guam we traveled to Manila for a short ...
The land down under
So, I havent made a lot of entries on here recently... My camera went to heaven and im waiting on another one to come through. I ordered the Canon Powershot D10, This one is supposed to go underwater to 33 ft so hopefully I won't break this one! ...
Who said Guam had no waves???
It was a nice day and I only had to work for a few hours today so a couple of us took a trip out to Gun Beach and went snorkeling. The waves were hugs from the departure of Typhoon Morakot that had just intensified near ...
Im on a boat
... currents out there are usually pretty rough so boats almost never make it out there. Its an island maybe a mile southwest of Guam thats almost uninhabited. The currents underwater were pretty strong but it made the dives so much cooler! The first dive was ...
A short stint
... population. Unlike Palau and Saipan it is completely US owned and operated. Many Americans live on island (mainly on the military base). Guam was a mecca center for shopping and eating, and Marcia told us how people plan trips to Guam just to shop at ...