We Love Guam! (1 of 3)

Well, we are back from our vacation to Guam, and I'm not happy about it. We had such a wonderful time there, and I wasn't ready to leave. I decided I'm going to blog about it in segments as there is so much I would like to share. Plus, now that our vacation is over, I'm not sure how much I'll really have to blog about so I want to make it last.

We set out for Guam last Saturday morning. Traveling here is inconvenient and convenient all at the same time. It's nice that we can get from our house to the airport all by public transportation and can avoid the headache of airport parking. Doing so, however, means that we have to lug our bags to the train station, up and down many flights of stairs and switch to a different train at Nagoya station. As you can imagine, the morning of our departure felt a little rushed and hectic. We got pretty nervous when we saw the crazy long lines at security and immigration. Fortunately, they moved quickly, and we made it to the gate with about 40 minutes to spare. What a success!

The flight was easy and pretty short. Only about three hours. The only downer was that they showed that stupid Fool's Gold movie. I hate that movie. Anyway, we arrived in Guam and ventured to our hotel.

This picture shows one side of the view from our room.

Here's a picture of Tumon Bay, which is where almost all of the hotels and resorts exist. 

The very first morning in Guam, Travis and I went deep sea fishing with a couple of our friends also living in Nagoya, Megan and Frank. Their cousin lives in Guam so he picked all of us up to take us to the marina. We got up around 4 a.m. and boarded our fishing charter around 5.

We just love mornings. Can't you tell?!

Unfortunately, our fishing trip was just that-a fishing trip. Not so much catching as it was just fishing. We were out for about five hours and only caught one measly tuna. It turned into more of a boat ride than a fishing trip. We kept getting all this false hope, too. We would see birds flying atop the water and think that it must mean fish were there. Then, we went through a little rainstorm, which we thought would surely produce some fish. No such luck. A whole ocean, and we only caught one little tuna. Apparently all the fish had swam down to Okinawa. Go figure.

There it is. Our one fish. Oh, and we didn't even get to eat it.

Well, everyone knows that after a bad day fishing, there's only one thing to do-lay by the pool. So, that's what we did. Travis and I decided it was time to work on our tans so we carefully chose our pool (there were five to pick from). As you can see, our choice fared well. 

Gotta love the infinity pool.

Shortly thereafter we met up with a couple of St. Louis friends, Matt and Vicky. We didn't know them all that well back home, but they are friends with some of our good friends. They picked us up, treated us for Thai food (delicious!) and took us to a really neat beachside bar & grill. We had a wonderful time with them and are crossing our fingers that they'll come to Japan so we can return the favor. Yay for new friends!

Here we are with Matt and Vicky. They definitely make The Coolest People We Know List. 

We were thrilled to find out that the beachside bar we went to featured fire dancing that evening. It was so much fun to watch, and besides a little rain, the weather was awesome.

Travis and I were pretty pumped that we got put on the Executive Floor of our hotel. All his business travel has paid off. We got free breakfast every morning and snacks and cocktails every afternoon. I have no idea how we swung that kind of deal, but it was certainly a welcomed addition to our vacation.