Guam’s Greens and Fairways
With seven public golf courses across the island, one could say Guam is the golf capital of Micronesia. There’s a reason our tourists often arrive with their clubs in tow: Year-round summer weather means...
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How to Make Friends with Guam Locals
Someone in the Guam subReddit asked why was it so hard for someone new to the island to make friends with locals and it got me thinking. Advice for Guam newbies usually includes make...
My Friend’s Ranch is Better Than Your Friend’s Ranch
When I was a kid, my father often spent weekends fishing and hunting at his friend Ernie Castro’s ranch. He took us with him a couple of times and those were my first camping...
Puntan Dos Amantes and the Tale of the Two Lovers Statue
(I originally wrote this for GVB’s Only on Guam newsletter.) Puntan Dos Amantes, or Two Lovers Point, is without a doubt one of Guam’s most iconic attractions. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors...
Akimatsuri is Guam’s Biggest Celebration of Japanese Culture
(I originally wrote this for GVB’s Only on Guam newsletter.) For over 30 years, the annual Japan Autumn Festival has been one of Guam’s most popular and anticipated events of the year, attracting tens...
Guam Food Tours
So what Guam Food Tours did is they scoured the island extensively for the best in Guam/Chamorro cuisine and then built a little sightseeing tour around it. “The best” is subjective of course, as...
A Sincere Thank You to Guam
Between the shores of Inarajan to the jungles of Dededo, there is much about Guam that I appreciate and grew to become fond of. First, the many, many beautiful people I encountered. I don’t...
Jet Ski From Agana Bay to Two Lovers Point
Guam tour operators who offer jet ski rental typically confine riders to safety zones which results in riders doing laps in safe shallow waters within the reef. There’s certainly an element of fun in...
Fonte Dam revisited
It’s been seven years or so since my last visit to Fonte Dam. Fonte Dam (also known as Libugon Dam) was reportedly the first dam built on Guam. The dam was constructed in 1910...
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