Interesting Things Around Town

Before I get too far into the interesting things around town. Here is what I get around town in. My 1997 Nissan Pathfinder. Considering what some cars look like - my vehicle for the year it is - is in rather good shape. I needed to replace the shocks and now I can see why they tend to go bad here. There are still several roads that are unpaved and when the rain comes these roads develop rather "large" potholes".

As I've mentioned to mom and dad I live

to the right of the car - up the stairs. No I have not yet taken photos of the "flat" but I will. I think I have mentioned that my landlord lives on the bottom and have their own entrance and I live on the top floor. 

Still trying to figure this thing out. Just like trying to remember what time it is in the US and the fact that I'm a full 12 hours at least ahead of everyone. 

Okay back to what I was talking about. 

As I believe everyone knows this island is only 5 miles wide and 15 miles long. The average speed limit is 40 MPH. So why on earth would you want this kind of car here. Not like you can really open it up and really enjoy its speed. 

As I'm sure most know what the island was most famous for at 1 time was "illegal" making of clothes. The clothes were made here but not of American cloth. Still the manufactures put on the clothes "made in USA". This 1 sweat shop is about 1/2 blocks from my house. 1 of these days I want to go inside and take some more photos. So stand-by for more. Here are a couple from the road. 

 

Back in the late 80s or early 90s the Japanese tourism was huge here. But between price gouging that the island is known for and the Japanese economy this Mall was left abandoned almost as soon as it was built. To bad too because it looks like it would have been a nice 1 and a source of income for the island. Between the Japanese having to pull businesses out of the island and the closing of the sweat shops this island has gone down the tubes nearly - economically. Plus the still bad accounting and business management of the island govt. 

As a matter of fact mostly probably 2 more hotels will be closing down in the next year. 

Believe it or not - the island has started to recycle. Here is 1 such bin - but apparently there is the "main" site which I haven't been to. When I got close to the bin I noticed that it was for bottles and plastics and nothing for paper. 

Hope you have enjoyed the little tour of around town. 

My cats are now officially out of quarantine. They did 30 days at the quarantine facility and then 90 days "house arrest" at home. So the 4 months of quarantine was over August 24. Next weekend (Labor Day) I will be going to Guam. So more pictures later.