brooklyn johnny
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I was recently lucky enough to be sent to Guam (Micronesia) for business for two weeks. One of my coworkers is also a certified diver and so we took full advantage of being on the island. The project I'm on will require travels to Guam, Hawaii, and five other locations about every 9 months and I'm excited. Later on this year we hit Guam again and I'd like to extend it into a vacation to Palau, which everyone on Guam spoke of very highly...
The diving was needless to say awesome, and I saw more diversity than previous trips to Hawaii, the Caribbean, and the Galapagos combined. Included in this was 24 species of butterflies, six species of angels (plus one hybrid), a few clownfish species with anemones, Tridacna clams, excellent coral development, and countless other things...
We stopped in Japan on the way out and back, and on top of other things I was able to check out a three story aquarium store that was beautiful...
I took many photos with the underwater disposable cameras that didn't work too well, but I'll share them anyway...
We worked on the Naval Base and stayed in Tumon Bay (the little Waikiki of Guam). The tourism in Guam I was told by a hotel worker is 95% Japanese, but it felt more like 99%. While most goverment rate rooms are in nice hotels with not so nice views, I was able to score an oceanfront room at the Hyatt with this incredible view of Tumon Bay. This bay was loaded with Acropora, Porites, and other sps and soft corals...
The diving was needless to say awesome, and I saw more diversity than previous trips to Hawaii, the Caribbean, and the Galapagos combined. Included in this was 24 species of butterflies, six species of angels (plus one hybrid), a few clownfish species with anemones, Tridacna clams, excellent coral development, and countless other things...
We stopped in Japan on the way out and back, and on top of other things I was able to check out a three story aquarium store that was beautiful...
I took many photos with the underwater disposable cameras that didn't work too well, but I'll share them anyway...
We worked on the Naval Base and stayed in Tumon Bay (the little Waikiki of Guam). The tourism in Guam I was told by a hotel worker is 95% Japanese, but it felt more like 99%. While most goverment rate rooms are in nice hotels with not so nice views, I was able to score an oceanfront room at the Hyatt with this incredible view of Tumon Bay. This bay was loaded with Acropora, Porites, and other sps and soft corals...
