GUAM IS THE BIGGEST ISLAND IN MARIANAS ISLAND . MEASURING 209 SQUARE MILES . THE MAJORITY PEOPLE LIVE HERE ARE CHAMORRO . WHICH ARE THE NATIVE OF THE ISLAND . COMPOSED OF 37% OF THE POPULATION. THEN THE REST ARE. FILIPINO ARE 25.5 %. WHILE 10% ARE WHITE. THEN THE REST ARE JAPANESE , KOREAN. , AND CHINESE. THE ISLAND WEATHER IS TROPICAL.
IN 1521 MAGELLAN CALLED THIS ISLAND AS ” THE LADRONES ISLAND ” OR THE ISLAND OF THIEVES . BECAUSE OF MISUDERSTANDING OF THEIR TRADING . WHERE THE NATIVES ATTACK THEM . AND TOOK SOME OF THEIR MERCHANDISE.THEN PROCEED HIS NAVIGATION AND ENDED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF MACTAN . BY CHIEFTAIN LAPU LAPU ON THE SAME YEAR 1521 .
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TTHERE ARE ALSO SOME FILIPINO HEROES BEING EXCILED IN GUAM . DURING THE FILIPINO AND AMERICAN WAR IN 1899 till 1902.
THE ISLAND IS VERY SMALL BUT YOU CANNOT GO AROUND THE ISLAND . BECAUSE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS VERY LIMITED ROUTE . AND WILL CONSUMED TOO MUCH TIME WAITING . THEN TAXI ARE SO EXPENSIVE. THE SOLUTION IS RENTING THIS SMALL CAR TO GO AROUND THE ISLAND.
THIS ARE SOME OF THE POPULAR PLACE TO VISIT HERE IN GUAM . THE PLAZA ESPANA AND WAR VETERANBUILDING.
TTHEIR BEACHES ARE AVERAGE . SAME SAME LIKE THE REST AROUND THE WORLD. THE ONLY DIFFERECE HERE . THAT YOU HAVE MORE PRIVACY . BECAUSE. THERE ARE VERY FEW TOURIST.
THIS WEEK THEY HAVE THIS FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS AND INCLUDES THEIR TRADITIONAL CANOES. WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT ISLAND IN MICRONESIA . LIKE PALAU , CHOOKS , MARSHAL , YAP , TRUK, PHOMPEI , AND GUAM . THE NATIVE BESIDE ME IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANT. AND ASK THE QUESTION . REGARDING HIS TATTOO. ACCORDING TO HIM . THE FOUR CRESENT MOON . INDICATES THE SIGN OF GOOD FISHING AND HUNTING.
THIS IS THE FAMOUS TOURIST SPOT HERE IN GUAM. THE TWO LOVERS POINT. ACCORDING TO THEIR LEGENDARY STORY. ITS THE STORY OF TWO LOVERS WHO JUMP ON THAT CLIFF TOGETHER AND DIED TOGETHER . SO THEY WILL NOT BE SEPERATED BY THE GIRL PARENT. THE PICTURES BELOW ARE SOME OF THE PARTICIPANT SAILS AS FAR AS PALAU . USING THE TRADIONAL WAY OF SAILING .