Inn On The Bay P.O.V.(Suite) Agat

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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 ...

... the day. The wreck dive visited an old American tanker that was sunk to help build up a manmade cliff wall but sunk outside of its proper position. It is really well preserved however my buddy ran low on air fairly quickly so this dive was cut a little short. Our drift dive however was almost 40 minutes and took us down to 70 feet. I spent about 10 minutes playing with a huge 4 foot Moray Eel that we found in a hole ...

... br> After all this we snagged a delicious mahi mahi breakfast at a local joint and headed up to Big Navy, the island's navy base, to go out for a hike. Today was the first day all week that the weather was real nice after the typhoon leaving! Can't let that go to waste in rainy season! We started out by going to Orote Point is the westernmost point in the U.S. and also a very important landmark in both the overtaking of Guam in WWII ...

... the crew was sent to Fort Douglas, Utah for the duration of the war. They were finally sent home to Germany on October 7, 1919. She is sunk directly beside the Tokai Maru. "

Ok, back to our dive...
We had to jump on a dive boat to avoid the hour long swim out to the harbor. It was a lot more relaxing though b/c we could just load our tanks and our gear up on the boat and didn't have to bojangle with it until we were actually ...

So, starting the weekend with the tallest mountain in the world, we had to keep the excitement going by trying to top something even that cool. Myself, Joe and a couple B52 pilots signed up for a boat dive out to the "Blue Hole", which is a huge cavern inside a cliff that comes out parallel with the oceans surface that goes from 60 to 130 feet. Its supposed to be really exhilarating and one of Guam's favorite dive spots. However, our boat captain was not a very risky fellow and due ...

... to top. Its not the Highest (everest), but with the base of the mountain at 36000 feet below sea level (almost 7 miles.. stand corrected) and the summit being the highest point of Guam, it takes the cake. 

After doing a little bit of research (come to find out not enough) and packing, my co weather warrior and I set out to conquer LamLam. Being that it was hot as hades outside and humid from a week of rain I decided to wear some skimpy air ...

... cove was Beautiful, full of colorful fish and untouched reef with all sorts of life. There was a ropeswing and a nice little rock to jump off of... We snorkelled around for a few hours, hiked around the outer rock cliffs to get a nice view of the southern beaches and headed back. My camera took in some water and hasnt worked since so Im letting it dry out for a few days, hopeing it gets better. If not/ its a good thing its got a warranty!  

March 1st, 2009

Diverse, friendly, hot and humid.

Just a few adjectives to sum up Guam. I stopped there to get my consulate stamped because Guam is under U.S rule. It's a beautiful and relaxing place. I loved it.

Me, my friend Spatz and Mike (another guy journeying to teach in South Korea) got a full day in Guam to swim and bath in the sun. The water was so pure and clear and the sand was WHITE. It was ...

... time.... then there are some devices called tensiometers that measure the cable tension and tells us when the dredge reaches the bottom and takes the first "bite." Anyways, once the dredge collects the samples it is brought back to the surface (another 2 hours). Once on the deck, we wash the samples and try to separate them based on the type of rock (lithology). We take the samples to the lab where we cut them in half and describe them in great detail ...

Thank God I finally made it to Guam. Let me recap a little bit. I never really counted how many countries I've been to but one day a friend asked so I did. It turned out I went to 49 already. Knowing that plus the fact that I would turn 25 soon, I thought it would be cool to make it 50. I looked at my miles on Asia Miles and it would expire pretty soon too so I gotta use them. I only had 2500oish miles and that's only enough to fly from Bangkok to Hong ...