Well, Guam was... Guam. It's a US
territory, so it was pretty close to being back in Hawaii, but with less
to do, especially with only four days there. From what I understand,
though, the waters around Guam are some of the best scuba-diving in the
world, so if I were to be stationed there, I would definitely look into
becoming certified. The base itself is being built up a bit, to support
the submarine squadron which is scheduled to move back into the port early
next year, but for the moment, there wasn't much to see. I try not to be
too judgemental, and there certainly IS a lot of history to be learned in
Guam, particularly about the Chamorro people and their role during WWII,
but it wasn't exactly the tourist destination I was looking for, and is
definitely not at the top of my list of places to live. The Navy can give
me all the sales pitches they want; I'm not asking for a boat in Guam.
Sorry.
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Above is a picture outside of Fish Eye Marine Park, which looked at
first like a simple boardwalk from which we could take some landscape
photos, but picqued our interest when they charged $7 a head to walk to
the end (we got a military discount) Turns out there's a stairway which
leads down under the water to an observatory where you can walk around and
look at the fish. There's also a ladder on the outside that they let you
climb down if you're more adventurous, and you can either scuba dive in
the area of the park or you can rent Reefwalker helmets, which look like
the old-fashioned deep-sea diver's helmets made of plexiglass, into which
they pump fresh air continuously.
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