Alupang Beach - Diamond Suite Tamuning

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We started out from another road and hiked 3 hours through trails that had lots of forks, finding several times that we were going in the wrong direction. However we were more familiar with the topography and features so that kept us giong in the right general direction. The hike goes al over the place, through an old WW2 tank farm and down a steep mud sice cliff where we used a rope down into the lower Sigua falls ...

... being "icked up" and you could see 100 feet+! Notice how clear some of the pictures are.. Well ill post up here in probably about a week or two.. Weve got some big storms brewing out here so i have a feeling well be hunkering down. We have already evacc-ed all the aircraft possible for a cyclone thats heading for us tomorrow morning... Update... all the storms passed and the worst we got was 30-50 mph winds and heavy showers!

... spent exploring the Tokai Maru which lies evenly on the seafloor at about 50-60 feet. We had a significantly longer dive using less air and pretty much had the chance to scope past the entire ship right side of the ship and some of the left. The ropes and ladders still lay on the deck and are very well preserved. Being the first time I saw the ship and a little overwhelmed I didnt really get a chance to research before the parts of the ...

... tried to convince him to come out but he was being really antisocial and would not come out. I guess he was not a huge fan of the locals and decided to blow them off. Several guys after talking with us kept going up and offering him a drink but he just waived them off and ignored us. Whatever... we were all having a good time shootin the **** with these guys and learning about their unique culture. Turns out a lot of the local younger population have ...

... 97.000 times, it goes wrong, says the article. If I calculate this: 1 on 3 sky dive instructors would die, if they work intensely for 20 years. Hmmmmmmm. I meet Yuri, my Russian skydive instructor, who gears me up. The instructors make you even more excited then you already are! We walk to a real plane with real seats: much more sophisticated then Namibia. This time I jump from 8000 ft (last time 10.000 ft). At 8000, the ...

... approximately 4,000 years ago. Today, Guam's economy is mainly supported by tourism (primarily from Japan) and U.S. military bases. Capital: Hagåtña Official languages: English and Chamorro Total area: 541.3 km² Population: 173,456 We are staying in Tamuning, walking distance from the beach so they say. http://www.guamhotel.com/ We expect cheap and cheerful and get cheap and depressing. Sure, it IS a studio. But there is one dirty mug ...

... coloured water in keeping with the island theme. A TV showing island news and goings-on shared half the screen with sporadic ads from God, who wanted us all to know he or she is "listening". The breakfast specials were tempting (a day is always made better with macadamia pancakes), but I opted for the Fiesta Plate, a sampler of Chamorro's best. When it arrived, before even tasting it, I knew I had made the right decision. After one mouthful, I ...

... much of in Asia so I was very happy to get a jerk fix here! My flight to Pohnpei was late that evening. All throughout the day I was noticing that my arm with the dog bite was getting red and swollen, but nothing too alarming I thought until I got on the plane. I went to lean on the armrest with my bad arm and was shocked at how bad that hurt. The backside of my ...

The next stop on our tour was the old Spanish Fort Santa Agueda. More popularly known as Fort Apugan, the historic Fort Santa Agueda is the sole fortification of the Spanish era that survives in Agana. Constructed in 1800 in Agana Heights, Fort Santa Agueda occupied a commanding position overlooking Agana Bay and the city of Agana ...

... night. It was nice to be off the ship, but we had to return, since we were expecting to work in the morning, and I hadn't reserved my Hilton room for that night, anyway. After I returned to the ship, I called my parents, though I only talked to my mom, though that was very nice. This was the longest I had gone without talking to my family on the phone since 1996 in Costa Rica, since calling the US from the ship costs about two dollars a minute. Thanksgiving was unusual... I ...