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One day visiting the USA, Tumon, Guam travel blog

One day visiting the USA

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... 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 ...

Hafa Adai! Guam in a day, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Hafa Adai! Guam in a day

A travel blog entry by hecqs

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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 ...

Not having brakes on a hill can be a problem, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Not having brakes on a hill can be a problem

A travel blog entry by guamblog

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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 ...

Should have brought a map!, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Should have brought a map!

A travel blog entry by guamblog

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... based on a visual memory of a satellite picture. Sigua Falls is a 70 foot waterfall deep in the jungle mountains southeast of Tumon that has a real deep lake and is known for being a great cliff jumping spot. After picking up my weather coworker that ...

Who said Guam had no waves???, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Who said Guam had no waves???

A travel blog entry by guamblog

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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 ...

Two Lovers Point-Tumon Bay, Guam, Tumon Bay, Guam travel blog

Two Lovers Point-Tumon Bay, Guam

A travel blog entry by joelle

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Our new friend Margaret took us out sight-seeing on Saturday. We started at the beautiful Two Lovers Point . This overlook is a popular spot for weddings, especially with Japanese tourists. There is a wedding chapel there, but we weren't able to go ...

Sunsets in Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Sunsets in Guam

A travel blog entry by joelle

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Guam has the most beautiful sunsets! Many of my friends know how much I love to take pictures of sunsets and clouds when I travel to various places. If you are sick of sunsets already, then you should pass on this particular album. If you love the skies ...

Breakfast At Denny's, Tumon Heights, Guam travel blog

Breakfast At Denny's

A travel blog entry by tdv95

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... 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 ...

Guam - Day #4, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam - Day #4

A travel blog entry by philamike

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... we waded into the shallow water and took lots of pictures. We proceeded to Two Lovers Point, a landmark in Guam not only for its commanding views of Tumon Bay, but also for the legend behind its name.  Back in the 17th century, a young Chamorro ...

Guam Airport, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam Airport

A travel blog entry by philamike

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... Club as we wait for our connecting flight to Yap, our final destination for today.  I think the busy time of the day for Guam's airport is in the morning, because it's 5:30 p.m. and the airport is eerily quiet! We're staying in Yap for four nights ...

Guam - Day #3, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam - Day #3

A travel blog entry by philamike

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... park for a walk and to enjoy some of the beautiful weather.  I continued driving with a short detour through the University of Guam, and later by the runway of the Guam International Airport -- where I got to see a JAL Boeing 747 take off. Back at ...

Guam - Day #2, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam - Day #2

A travel blog entry by philamike

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... surrendered within two days as they were largely outnumbered by the advancing troops.  During the Japanese occupation, Americans on Guam were transferred to Japan as prisoners-of-war, and the local Chamorros were often used as slave labor, digging ...

Guam - Day #1, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam - Day #1

A travel blog entry by philamike

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... , and got up around 1 p.m.  We toured the grounds of the resort, and found a very sprawling complex at one end of Tumon Bay, with five pools, a beach, several restaurants and a park.  The place is just gorgeous.  We got lunch at the ...

America in Asia, Tumon, Guam travel blog

America in Asia

A travel blog entry by polakpete

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Guam is not what I expected.  Driving around Guam, I could be in an American town.  Tumon, the tourist center and location of most hotels is a modern shopping paradise for Japanese and Korean tourists.  The rest of the island has ...

Xterra Triathalon, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Xterra Triathalon

A travel blog entry by orinocoflow

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Exterra in Saipan, Welcome reception with the teams from the South Pacific...  Wrecks and event ...

Hafa Adai, Guam, U.S.A!, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Hafa Adai, Guam, U.S.A!

A travel blog entry by kddeitrick

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What can I say?  Guam was ...

Uneventful Flight to Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Uneventful Flight to Guam

A travel blog entry by srvance

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I was upgraded. The flight was uneventful. I'll add a picture of the sunrise over Guam from the airport lounge later today. I'm off to board for ...

A Quick Stop in Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

A Quick Stop in Guam

A travel blog entry by srvance

Things went pretty smoothly getting to Guam. The security lady in the Nagoya airport insisted on hand inspecting the bicycle, so I unpacked the whole thing in the floor of the airport ticketing area. At least they let me help. In the US, they would have ...

Guam (Hawaii Junior) Where America's Day Begins, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam (Hawaii Junior) Where America's Day Begins

A travel blog entry by arezzo

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... was as ugly as it was busy.  Beyond that, there were some very high-end retailers near the tourist and hotel strip on Tumon Bay. The Westin was a huge hotel on a great, peaceful slice of beach.  My "partial ocean view" room (see obstructed ...

Twenty Hour Layover in Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Twenty Hour Layover in Guam

A travel blog entry by srvance

Put me up at the ...

Meet Rumptzes in Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Meet Rumptzes in Guam

A travel blog entry by srvance

Their flight came in from ...

Landing in Guam......, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Landing in Guam......

A travel blog entry by orinocoflow

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I am extremly excited to say the least!  I just landed a job as a "ClubMate" at the Pacific Island Club (PIC), essentially we are frontline PR to our Asian guests.  I will also be doing independent internship within the ...

Back to Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Back to Guam

A travel blog entry by lblack12

Got our first gig back in Guam. Lots of clubs there in the ...

Co Co's Windsurfing Challenge, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Co Co's Windsurfing Challenge

A travel blog entry by orinocoflow

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My mate Scotty took 2nd place over all !  I just hung out and helped out as much as my chilled out island mentality allowed me ...

Passing Through Guam, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Passing Through Guam

A travel blog entry by srvance

... One guy was seriously disappointed. He was rooting for the Rockies, and I think he had some money riding on it. The flight to Guam was an uneventful 40 minutes. Since I'm in First Class, I even get to use the wireless and snacks at the President's ...

Trip to the motherland...errrr, fatherland... Guam, Guam, Guam travel blog

Trip to the motherland...errrr, fatherland... Guam

A travel blog entry by megt

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... (Josephine, Fred, Melinda, Evelyn, and Lisa... then our baby, Marky!).  Years later, he married "Auntie" Mary (also from Guam) and they eventually decided that it was their dream to retire to their homeland, Guam, where they've lived for the past ...

Tumon Bay, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Tumon Bay

A travel blog entry by enedan

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Most comfortable temperature, good for snorkeling but lots of ...

Happy days, Island Life, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Happy days, Island Life

A travel blog entry by orinocoflow

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7 month's of party pictures, good times living the Island ...

60 + for my first Hash, Tumon, Guam travel blog

60 + for my first Hash

A travel blog entry by orinocoflow

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Crossing the higlands of Guam chasing the Hare....   look up "hashing" there is one in your area, for ...

Guam for a day, Tumon, Guam travel blog

Guam for a day

A travel blog entry by frawldog

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... get my electrolytes back up, some burritos for dinner and that was it.  7/7/11 Day 78 Woke up early this morning to go to Tumon Bay to see if anything was different in the morning when the light was out.  The view of the sun was better and the ...

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