For many of us, the coronavirus pandemic meant canceled flights and postponing our travel plans. How we think about travel and how travel will be impacted in the future remains a mystery.
Every Saturday, Guam Boonie Stompers offers public hikes to a variety of destinations such as beaches, snorkeling sites, waterfalls, mountains, caves, latte sites, and World War II sites
In 1945, 722 U.S. Navy ships were anchored in the atoll of Ulithi, 100 miles east of the main island of Yap. This number is even larger than at Pearl Harbor.
Pohnpei is upon a “stone altar.” There is nothing like it anywhere in the world! Full of magic, mystery, and tradition of ancient culture, where the past is today but modernized.
Guam isn’t just any tropical island paradise. Yes, you’ll find miles of endless white sand along the coast, bright and boozy beverages served up at the beachside bars and restaurants, and of course there are the mind-blowing sunsets.
Here are five things you didn’t know you loved about Guam’s beaches.
Imagine free diving 30 feet to the ocean floor. You remain calm as you hold your breath, waiting for your target to come with shooting range.
Bang!
Your spear pierces the fish’s body. Swimming to the surface in search of fresh air, you drag along your catch of the day.
Since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan’s coastline in March 2011 and sent thousands of Guam residents looking for higher ground, questions about the vulnerability of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands to an equally dangerous tsunami have been raised.
During Spanish colonial rule on Guam, the Spanish authorities constructed the best churches and the best bridges of large rectangular hand-cut stones, or de silleria. In these de silleria structures they did not cover the dressed limestone or coral blocks with plaster.
Location: Santa Rita Region: Central Difficulty: Easy – Medium in sunny weather & staying on trail, Difficult when raining, or after heavy rains & climbing down falls via rope Length: 3 Hours Height: 300 feet up & down Sight: Waterfalls, Fresh Water Cool stuff: Rock climbing, secret water slide
There are spectacular views, lovely spots to swim, and a natural waterside too! There are two ways to get down to the first waterfall – one easy and one a bit more adventurous.
Guam’s jungles, from the outside looking in, offer views of beautiful flowers, World War II relics, colorful foliage, secret caves, boonie peppers (which some people love to eat), hidden rivers, etc.
People often confuse this mountain with Mount Lam Lam. In fact, the crosses we see from the highway in the Southwest are on Mount Jumullong Manglo, not Mount Lam Lam.
Hidden along the back road of Mangilao are Marbo cave and a breathtaking cliff side view of the island’s northeastern coastline. So get your swim clothes and cameras ready because this adventure is one for the books!
