Pia Resort Tumon

ok... so after 2 months of being P_O ed about not finding Lower Sigua Falls the last time (should have brought a map blog), Joe and I headed out again with a different approach this time... using a map! We bought a guam hiking guidebook and map to navigate through the trails. I can't say that either helped much because the entire hike is Guam's mother nature idea of an ultimate CF but we did get there eventually so thats the ...

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 ...

... before it closed. What a day! Well I would have had more this weekend but last minute we were called in to do some planning weather for this week. We have a new bomb squadron coming in Wednesday so itll be a new group, new missions, new objectives. Im stoked! Stay tuned! I am planning on trying to take the advanced open water diver course sometime when I get some time off so there are some pretty cool dives that that one entails!

 

 

... At 3:23 on the afternoon of August 27th, the SNAPPER fired a spread of four torpedoes, three at the nearest ship (Tokai) and the fourth at the other. The SNAPPER immediately headed west for safer waters. Over the next few hours numerous explosions were heard, and the Tokai was observed with the bow at an extreme "up angle", indicating that the stern was on the bottom. A few minutes later the Tokai slipped beneath the surface, sinking ...

 After a long couple of days with a sore wrist and nothing to do with a lot on my mind, I ran into Jeremy and decided to get off base. No 25 mile bike this time though! It was already about 430 pm and the sun crashes every night at 630. I had bought this guide to hiking in Guam last week at the Navy Base and found an "easier" hike not too far from base that alotted for just a couple hours. The spot was to Ague Cove, which is a secluded ...

... Havaijilainen, Espanjalainen, Amerikkalainen vaiko kenties Japanilainen??? Minä ainakin olin ihan nuppi sekaisin, enkä saanut oikein otetta, että missä tässä nyt itseasiassa oikein ollaan? Guam kuuluu siis nykypäivänä Yhdysvalloille ja sen huomaa hyvin äkkiä, niin hyvässä kuin pahassakin. Heti ensimmäisenä päivänä tärähti ravintolassa niin iso annos ruokaa pöytään, ettei mitään tsänssiä jaksaa loppuun! Seuraavaksi ostin popkornia yhdellä dollarilla ja myyjä mätt ...

... kello 10 kuulutuksien jälkeen ja pamautettiin Keisei Limited junalla suoraan Naritan terminaali 1:teen, josta Northwest Airlinesin koneet lähtevät. Koska Guam kuuluu Yhdysvalloille, niin Amerikkalaiset yhtiöt myös hallitsevat tätä lentoverkostoa siihen suuntaan. Todella ärsyttävä homma, ettei lentokentillä voi edelleenkään olla yksinkertaisia tulostuspisteitä, joissa saisi hotellivaraukset ja lentoliput tulostettua! Kyllä nykypäivänä pitäisi tälläiset systeemit löytyä joka kent ...

Well, I'm still sick, but I'm heading to China anyway. Especially since I'm entering by train, I don't expect the Chinese border to be very strict, at least with respect to my body temperature. I don't remember Hong Kong having anything like that, either. I did a little work last night to get some things ready for The MathWorks to review while I'm in China. Otherwise, I just ...

... this one. Observing and respecting culture protocol is key as a way to demonstrate respect and appreciation for cultural differences. The Japanese culture is so far the most different culture I have interacted with. I find it fascinating. The respect for their eldery, the high degree of technology, their organization and so on. Their food is quite different as compared to our regular food. Breakfast is composed ...

... is a bay in Inarajan that has a sunken Japanese ship in it. It's a dive spot. At Talofofo falls, there was a Japanese soldier who lived in a cave for numerous years- not knowing the war was over. They called him a hero. And today, there are numerous navy and air force installations, but the military presence is not overwhelming like it is in Hawaii. I would definitely say that the natives outnumber the military. With all that said,I'll turn now to uploading photos. Enjoy!