Hyatt Regency Tumon

... the first.. The visibilty was good and the terrain was pretty cool. However, I didn't run into anything crazy on this one. I told everyone I was coming home tan and jacked so I laid out on the boat for about an hour in between dives to get that started. And Ive got a loonnng way to go haha <br> Sunday's boat dives were out to a rare site.. Cocos Island. The currents out there are usually pretty rough so boats almost never make it out there. Its ...

Ok, so there's been a lot going on lately and I haven't had much time to update this blog so ill recap last weekend and put in pictures from the dives of the weekend before. <br> The new Bomb squadron from Louisiana arrived in early October and just started getting in the groove of flying a packed mission schedule. So I took full advantage of the time off knowing the pace probably will not change until after I leave. This is a good thing though for sure meaning I get more ...

... the point where you could touch both shipwrecks... I had a friend of our snap the picture, as he has a high speed underwater camera. Im waiting on  some of his pics to come out so ill upload those as soon as I can. Going down that deep, the pressure underwater increases a whole lot and uses up your air a hell of a lot quicker. We still had enough though to dive a little deeper and explore the bow of the SMS Cormoran. <br>Our second dive ...

... 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 ...

... little trouble finding the exact diving spot but ran into some locals along the way who helped us out. Apparently we hiked through an ancient Chamorro tribal village... Heres some pics of us diving and snorkeling and fooling around with the new underwater camera

... 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!

The National Park Service operates the War in the Pacific National Historic Park. I highly recommend visiting the online site for this park, because it gives more details than I can recollect from our tour. I did not realize that Guam had been invaded and occupied by the Japanese ...

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!

... sun. Looking at that water, I decided I had to go snorkeling if I wasn't going to be touring the island's waterfalls, so I walked 30 feet from where I'd been lounging and rented some snorkeling gear for $5. Chris did the same and we walked straight into the beautiful water. The amazing thing about Guam's shore is that the waves crash hundreds of feet (in most places) before they get to the actual shore, since the island is a plateau and the waves crash when the dropoff ...