South Island tour

We got to enjoy a wonderful week with Adam on leave at the end of Dec/beginning of Jan just hanging around mostly, being lazy.

The best daywas a long, tiring and fun day on Guam. We decided to pack a cooler and go around the south side of the island, exploring some things we've seen before but wanted to show Adam, and other things that none of us had explored yet.

Our first stop was to look at Talofofo bay.

Next was Gef Pago and the Historic Inalajan village. This time, we learned how to make rope from leaves and were greeted by the same wonderful master weaver as we were last time! We also ran into friends from church which made it even more fun. :)!





After that we headed down to the Inarajan pools for a short swimming and snorkeling time.

We hopped into the car and ate while continuing around to the tip of the island. There we stopped in the southernmost village, called Merizo, to explore a bit. Merizo park was beautiful, offering excellent views of Cocos Island (a resort Island south of Guam).  I wish I knew before eating in the car that there were picnic tables there! We found an old bell tower that was apparently built in 1910, and climbed up the hill behind the village parish to the Cocos Island overlook and the Rosary.

From there we headed north to Fort Soledad.












And Magellan's landing point

Don't  worry mom, I can walk, straight into the water.....

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial park

The Cetti Bay overlook

and then went to the base pool to swim again for about an hour before finally heading home.

 This week has been back to reality with Adam back to the boat and the kids and I back to school (no field trip this week due to migraines). Can't say how thankful I am that work is here now and not in HI! Looking forward to an adventure filled weekend!