Guam Indoc Tour

Not much has really been happening for me to post about but I figured I'd give a little update. This week I've been in Guam Indoc which basically means I sit around and listen to GMTs for 4 days straight. Today, however, we got a mini tour of the island. I thought we were going to be riding in an un-airconditioned school bus but they gave us a real tour bus with a tour guide and he took us around the island where we made a few stops here and there. The first place we stopped at was some bridge that the Spanish built way back in the day. Apparently Guam Gov spent 1 million dollars to rebuild it. Prepare yourself... this is what 1 million dollars looks like.

...I think someone took a little off the top on that project. I'm actually standing on the bridge but it is made of those white stones in the picture above. It was about 10 feet long and 4 feet wide.

It had a nice view out into the ocean though.

We continued on our way south and stopped on top of one of the hills where I got a nice scenic view.

From there we continued southwest and eventually arrived to where Magellan first landed in Guam in 1521. On top of a hill near the landing is an old Spanish fort named Soledad. The Spanish built a few forts in the area to protect the harbor from pirates and stuff since Guam was the only stop for Spanish Galleons traveling from Mexico to the Philippines.

Picture of the harbor.

And some pictures of Fort Soledad.

There was even a Caribou tied up nearby.

Some guy on the island has a bunch of them and I guess stashes them around the island. He also has one with a saddle that works with some dogs he trained to ride the Caribou and walks up and down the street taking pictures with tourists. One day I will get a picture with him.

From there we went to Inarajan Pools which is a natural pool that was once 50 feet deep but is slowly shrinking due to getting filled in with debris from typhoons and stuff.

That's all for now! This weekend I think I'm gonna for Tweed's Cave Part 2 so hopefully I find it this time. Other than that it is studying for my quals since I got a test this Wednesday.

I'll try to sneak in some other adventures. Mostly my days are spent coming home snorkeling the reefs right outside my house because it is just too convenient. Maybe I should get an underwater camera and make a post about that.