Hyatt Regency Tumon

... A group of reservists from the North Carolina tanker unit followed us on our journey into the abyss. Reaching the mudside cliff and descending it were very strenous and had a very steep slope so getting down to the actual falls was very interesting but a lot of fun. The first falls, Lower Sigua reaches down 70 feet to the pool below. Its about 20 feet deep and maybe 30 wide at the most. But the water felt sooooooo ...

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 specialty dives. The navigation and deep werent too much more interesting but the other dives were Really Cool
We went out Friday night to explore Gun Beach, a beach with ...

... The pictures make it look like something out of a movie. 
After the hike, we found out there was a dive shop on the Navy base to which we have a membership through so we rented some tanks and headed out to Gab Gab... the beach most of my dives have occurred on and I got a great chance to experiment with my new underwater camera. Yes... I know... its camera #3 haha Ive had horrible luck! The first two did not have external waterproof ...

... about 9 to 40 feet. Taking the first descent all the way down was a little more difficult for me having no fat on me and sinking like a rock but I got used to it real quick! The trick is to go down real slow and clear your ears every few feet like you would on a plane so your ears wont pop from the pressure. The water just got bluer and bluer as we went down and the new underwater sky (surface) was a mixture of light turqouise and a clear rippling effect making a beautiful ceiling ...

... we made it to these falls. The water was FREEZING cold and felt amazingly good to wash all the mud that caked us off. After hanging out there for maybe a half hour we decided that following the muddy creek that ran after the waterfall and flowed through the valley would eventually lead us to Lower Sigua Falls.... There was no path alongside the river but it was shallow and felt amazing so we just trekked right through it. .......... 3 hours ...

... Japanin armeija jo täydessä sekasorrossa ja lähti pakenemaan syvälle Guamin viidakkoon. Toisten sotilaiden tehdessä itsemurhia, päätti tämä Yokoi viekkaana kettuna (kahden muun sotilaan kanssa) mielummin kaivaa kuopan ja elellä siellä piilossa. Ja piileskely venähtikin sitten melko pitkäksi!! Nämä kaksi muuta sotilasta selvisi 13 vuotta, mutta herra Yokoi eleli viidakon keskellä, pelkästään luonnonantimilla uskomattomat 28 vuotta. Siis 28 vuotta!!! Kukaan ei ...

... do not stop at my stop, where I was the only one waiting. Luckily, another Japanese came and waited with me. It was only then that I figured out after Yuuki, the Japanese guy, told me, that it is because I do not look like a Japanese. So it goes, this place is Japanese friendly place. And it is not a tourist bus, but a shopping bus. It was a good thing I already went to the beach, I got skin tanned further. Just enjoy the pictures. Hafa Adai!

... is a small reef a hundred yards out where the sea becomes a deeper blue. The bedside drawer contains the Book of Mormon instead of the Gideon Bible. Robert went for a walk along the beach. Two off-duty grunts hailed him thus: "Hi, grandpa. Care for a beer?" I thought his reply pretty cool. "Thanks, but I've got whisky and a woman in doors." 11th January I woke in the night with a ...

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 beauty like I do, enjoy!

We finally arrived in Guam at 2:15 a.m. Sunday (12:15 p.m. Saturday EST). It was great whisking through customs as US citizens and not having to wait in line with 200+ Japanese tourists. We made it through to baggage claim in record time, only to be greeted by an apologetic Japan Airlines employee who informed me that one of our bags was still IN DALLAS!!! Thank you American Air and Japan Airlines. Of course the 1 bag out of the 4 checked that got left behind was MINE!!!