Nikko Tamuning

... 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 ...

... WWII artifacts, coconut crabs, and beautiful palm trees the jungle makes for a real cool hike. We also cut through and old cave which supposedly housed cavemen wayyyy back in the day. The cave opens up pretty much to the picturesque view of the base of Orote Point. The base envelops huge cliffs surrounding a shallow pool of oceanwater with protrudin rocks growing with vegetation. The area is prefect for snorkeling and just offers and amazing ...

... has numerous ship and plane wrecks,the most famous one being a WW1 and WW2 shipwreck that are only a few feet from the other. Its supposively the ONLY placce in the world that you can touch two shipwrecks at one time especcially from two different wars! That one requires an advanced dived certification which is my next goal once I sell enough cigars to afford it.. Ill be uploading some pictures as soon as I can get them from a guy that went diving with us with an underwate dive camera.

... quiet and peaceful. Yuri lets me steer and takes off my goggles: I love it! When he takes the 'steering wheel' over, he twists and turns us around: very spectacular. I scream a bit. Hubby says I scream like a slaughtered pig. What do you think? Here, they let the costumer land on their butt. Comfortable! I still feel all impressed when Yuri says: 'there is Hubby'. I am hooked and will do it again where possible. I ...

... beach chairs and an umbrella for 20$ but beer will not be served: only in the alcohol area: huh? We keep on walking and walking. It is the hottest part of the day and we are walking on streets with no protection from the sun. No pubs or even a shop to buy some water. In combination with the fatigue of a sleepless night, I get overheated. We do find the Sheraton but the bar which is open does not have a barman and the others open at 18h ...

... was chilled BBQ chicken, cut in bite-sized pieces, dressed in a lemon, chili, green onion, vinegar and coconut concoction. It was the kind of dish that would never make you look twice (we're not talking haute cuisine), but had the flavour of 5 dishes. With the finadenne (fin-a-den-ee, apparently) it made my mouth sing. The finadenne is made of vinegar, onions lemon juice, chilis and cut with a bit of soy sauce - it gives everything a bit of extra zing ...

Today I am in Guam. The name of the town I stayed in is Tamuning. It is a lot like America here with lots of strip malls and even the world's biggest Kmart. Michelle rented a car and drove me around the southern half of the island and I was the navigator. What a differnce there was ...

... in the fact that their exhaust points straight back from the aircraft. This anomaly of the EA-6B exhaust quite often catches people off guard, but seasoned troubleshooters like Phillips used to do something called "the pig seat". This is where the troubleshooter turns his back to the exhaust as soon as the jet launches, and sits down. The exhaust usually picks them up and throws them a few feet down the flight deck where the deftly land on their feet and ...

... my time there, I cannot differentiate Guam from Kona, for example. I would visit Guam again for a weekend in 1991, but I would be more pre-occupied with the person I am with at the time than on doing a proper sight-seeing trip across the island.