Tweed's Cave

So today I decided I would try to find Tweed's cave Imperial Japanese Soldier style by just walking into the jungle in the general area where it's located and hoping I stumble upon it. George Tweed was a US Navy Radioman who hid in the jungle from the Japanese during WWII for 3 years during the occupation of Guam. He is a controversial figure because a lot of Chamorro people were tortured and killed by the Japanese in the effort to find him.

I did not find the cave.

On the bright side, I did find the mystical "limestone forest" (I didn't know it was special so I took no pictures of it). Regardless, let's retrace my steps through the photos I took.

Here I decided to enter the jungle. It looked like it was a trail of some sort so I followed it.

Eventually the trail seemed to just disappear but I decided to keep going and try to hit the ocean.

Randomly it opened up into this giant path. "Tweed's Cave is definitely nearby!" I thought to myself.

Then it just ended in both directions. One end was the "limestone forest" which was basically just a ton of limestone rocks with algae on them. I actually walked over them because I thought the cave was nearby. This probably wasn't a good idea because I almost fell and died about 4 times. You can kind of get the general idea of what the limestone forest looks like by looking at the rock in this picture I took of random object #13 on the trail. The metal box is probably some sort of unexploded ordnance that I was kicking around.

Eventually, probably like the Japanese soldiers looking for Tweed, I said "f this, I'm going to the beach nearby". Luckily I was able to find my way out and I went to this other trail that is close by which takes you to Haputo Beach.

The trail has steps that go down to the beach but it was like a death staircase since they were about 3 feet off the ground and there was nothing to hold onto.

Eventually I made it down and was rewarded with the most beautiful beach I've seen on Guam so far.

Since it is located on NCTS Guam it's fairly secluded because no civilians are allowed on base. I think this will have to be my beach spot on those days that I want to feel like I'm trapped on a tropical island.