Cliff Hotel Guam

... lot of sealife. We personally saw some pufferfish and another lionfish. Everyone elses fish stories included some Blacktip Reef Sharks, an Eagle Ray, a sea turtle and a school of Barracuda. Maybe next time! With such  a strong drift every group pretty much had different dives and completely different experiences. So I got a few cool pictures.. learning my camera a little more with each dive.. and another couple hours out in the Guam sun. Look ...

... night, preparing the brief, and watching the radar and flight for the first part of the sortie there was still plenty of daylight left to take advantage of. Made a quick trip to the gym (leg day) ... take note... do not do this before hiking.. bad idea.. and then headed out to the "little nay " territory to hike out to Double Reef Beach. I was on my own this time... but I really wanted to do this one and had a good guidebook so I just took off. Hiking on your own is a ...

... of 2 dives.<br>SO, as you can guess my day started REAL early for a weekend. I caught a ride and left base to head to the downtown dive shop (about 40 minutes away) to get fitted for gear and fill up our tanks. We ended up with a big class of 8 people with myself being added as well as 2 people that did the classroom portion online. Gab Gab 2 was the first dive spot, where we took a short swim test as well as treaded water for a bit and learned the basics of setting up our gear ...

... away got some pics of the shopping areas,u could of been anywhere in the world even. very hot day too,needed air conditioning real bad,the shuttle had none nad then it wasnt working that well on the tour bus either. went to the internet to check emails...then got ready to take pics of us leaving guam/coffeee/rest/dinner...watched a show by liz taylor..great show she was a vocalist entertainer sung all sorts of songs,very well i might say (australian)

... return us to the White Lady, our home away from home. It was a whirlwind day of shopping, which was quickly over. We are now back on board and sailing out into the Pacific. In three days we will be in Osaka, Japan. Where is Harriet? Hunt The first person to find Harriet in Rabaul was Linda. She was shortly followed by Chrystal. So for Rabaul we had two correct answers. This time we are in Guam and Harriet is there among other tourists. Good luck hunting.

... Dinner is composed of sashami (raw fish) which I love. It is really delicious accompanied with vegetables and hot tea. Sodas are not common here on the ship unless one brings your own. In Japanese ships it is customary and polite to present the captain and chief scientist with a gift. We did so. Anyways it is all an experience, a research experience, a culture experience that helps me to expands my understanding ...

... trench in the earth almost 12,000 meters deep. Quite amazing.... hard to imagine. Guam is a volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs. From the Hotels and the Tuam Bay I can see a typical carbonate platform... What is that? Well, former coral reefs that grew up when the sea level was either higher than at the present time or due to the gradual sinking of a volcanic island... (atolls). Guam was ...

... the water: The coast is littered with reefs and plenty of fish to go along with them. Among the highlights of my snorkeling experience were a bright blue starfish, a 2 foot in diameter MOUND of bright purple coral, little sea dragon/sea horse looking thingys (oh so technical here... I'm a very experienced fish identifier), black spiny sea urchins, big black spiny sea cucumbers, tons of trigger fish, parrot fish, bright blue little fishys, and the intimidating ...

... I've been to Hong Kong too many times so I thought of somewhere else to go once I get to HK. I then found a package to Guam plus I could stopover in Saipan and thought it was reasonable, about HK$4000, accommodation, returned flights and a half day tour are included. So I took it. I went out in HK for a bit, having a really cool dinner at Stanley. The plane to Guam stopped in Saipan for like an hour. I arrived in Guam about 5amish. One lady from tour ...

... the island isn't bad, and you can rent those little mopeds to explore. (Of course, we weren't allowed to, but you the private citizen can.) Car rental is still the best way to get around. There is so much to do there, I was disappointed that we only had four days. I could have spent a month there and never been bored. Lucky for me, my shipmates had taken a liking to my "music videos" and gave me lots of photos to use. Some explanations about what you ...