Holiday Plaza Tumon
1000 San Vitores Rd, (formerly Holiday Plaza Hotel) Tumon, 96913, Guam
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Trip to the motherland...errrr, fatherland... Guam
... At one stop Dad told us the story of Ferdinand Magellan landing in Guam in 1521. Island lore says that when he came with his ships he came ashore and offered to trade gold for food and supplies with the Chamorros. He took the food that was offered but did not make his gold payment. The Chamorros snuck out to one of his boats and towed it to the shore - then pillaged it for its supplies and wood, making it unable to sail again. Apparently you don't ...
Guam - Day #4
... by the presence of underwater humans. We spent well over an hour in the water, then enjoyed the pools and hot tub at the resort.
By this time, we were lamenting the quickly approaching end of our trip. Our plan was to take a very early flight tomorrow morning to Tokyo, then wait about seven hours for one of several United flights back to the U.S. standby. The flights had many economy seats available for Saturday, ...
Guam - Day #1
... and chicken with cashews). However, Lucas thought it was rather bland for Thai food, which is probably why I liked it. After dinner, we stopped by the world's largest K-mart to stock our room with drinks and water.
So it was not a very exciting day, which is what we planned on with the overnight flight here. But we're now settled into our beautiful resort with a great room for the next few days, and we're going to have a full day tomorrow exploring Guam!
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My "Big Fish story"
... completely different experience then with someone else. It was very peaceful and still exhilarating at the same time. The whole 5 hours of hiking was completely silent and just leaves you to your own thoughts and world. The quiet brings out a lot more wildlife to and gives you more of a chance to really notice everything around you. For example.. Ive heard stories about these "Moniter Lizards" here which are huge lizards that are really quick and very rarely seen. ...
The full moon
... Apparently if you spear one, its almost impossible to get it out of the water b/c they will smell the blood and eat their own before you even get it up to the surface. There is a local submarine, the Atlantis, that tours mostly Japanese tourists around the reef. They set out bags of fish food to attract the fish and better the show, which just makes the dive more and more interesting. Lots of purple sea fans scattered the ocean floor as well. The sub pilots have been known to ...



