Marine Landing Beaches

Today I went on a drive around the entire island of Guam. As Colin put it I was cruising around the rural part of Guam in my Jeep with my windows down, one hand hanging out with the wind blowing through my hair. The southern part of Guam was completely different, it was absolutely beautiful because it was less developed. The eastern part of the island even had better roads than the main tourist hub/capital (wut?).

Before we begin, and since I know you are all dying to see what awesome Guam Bomb I bought, here is a picture. I wanted to get a cooler picture of it like in the jungle or something but I got lazy and just took this one instead.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of my adventure around Guam.

 Nice view from a small stop on the side of the road.

 I thought this place looked cool and completely out of place in Guam.

Hills and plains of southern Guam. I took this picture from the Vietnam Memorial.

Anyway, the main part of this post will be focused on me exploring the two beaches where the US landed during the invasion of Guam, Agat and Orote. Orote didn't have too much to look at compared to Agat but I did get a sweet picture of an AA gun on the beach and there was a small bunker nearby too.

After Orote I went to the other landing beach near Agat. This one had a lot more stuff in it, including a cave system that you aren't legally allowed to explore. I opted not to go into them because I was in flip-flops and had no flash light, but I definitely would like to go back sometime. This picture shows where an artillery gun was placed - the gun is long gone but the area where it used to be was cleared out. A nice view to see the incoming Marines.

I also found a pillbox near the beach below where the artillery gun would have been. I took a picture from the inside and then got a cool photo of the beach where they would be aiming.

 Dat over-exposure.

That was pretty much what I did for the day. It started raining while I was walking around and I didn't feel like falling to my death so I had to leave a little early. This weekend and next week I will be house hunting so get ready for a post about my awesome new pad!

Until then I will leave you with this picture:

War never changes.