Guam is about a 7 hour flight west from Honolulu. It is across the international dateline which is a real trip for anyone that has not done it... I left on Sunday afternoon, arrived in Guam on Monday evening, returned on Friday and arrived Thursday evening. Some other facts about Guam...
- Guam is an unincorporated U.S. territory
- Guam is 1,500 miles south of Japan and 3,800 miles west of Honolulu
- Guam's motto is "Where America's day begins"
- Population estimated at approximately 176,000
- Guam's official languages are English and Chamorro
- Guam's capital is Hagatna
- Guam's wildlife have been heavily impacted by the invasive Brown Tree Snake.
I'll let the pictures say the rest...
Tumon Bay is the main tourist destination.
The Coconut Crab is the world's largest invertebrate. Their claws make quick work of coconut shells to get to the meat inside.
There are some impressive caves. The stalactites (or is it stalagtites?) here are beautiful.
Mushroom outside one of the caves.
There are an impressive number of petroglyphs that were drawn on the walls long ago.
The beach at Guam National Wildlife Refuge (also known as Ritidian Point) is beautiful and the water is even warmer that Hawai'i.
I'll probably be headed back there in a couple of months. I'll try to get more pictures, especially of some of the populated areas.
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