Now the Differences between Guam / Saipan

With everything where there are similarities there are also differences. There are more hotels; the 1st time I stayed at a Westin, the 2nd time I stayed at a Hilton - neither hotel is on Saipan.

Guam has 2 regular type malls, where Saipan has none. Well ok, we have 1 that is closed up...

This is the outlet mall. I can't believe in the 2 times I was in Guam I didn't get a picture of the regular mall. Oh well, sorry about that. 

On 1 of my walks around my hotel (Westin), I found some interesting sites. A small fountain and a mural. What I didn't know - was there was a water park across the street from my hotel and I didn't even bring my swimsuit.

Not sure why but I was fascinated with this mural. There were 2 more on the other side of the building as well. 

This just seems peaceful. This is outside the Outback Restaurant that was across the street from the Westin. Since Outback seems to have heavy meals, I wasn't all that interested, plus my co-worker from Guam had taken me from 1 party to the next and by the time I had time to myself I was tired of food. Saipan likes to eat and BBQ as well. As a matter of fact, this Sunday is a co-worker's Uncle's sister's birthday and we will be BBQing. 

Japanese tourist come here - not sure why...but on Guam there the Japanese tourist are big but to have weddings. Here are several wedding chapels. The wedding chapels are all apart of each hotel.

Hope you have enjoyed a brief tour of Guam. Since I went back right after Thanksgiving there is more to come. 

Similarities between Guam/Saipan

Ok - I just wrote out something all nice and because it has been so long since I've posted I can never remember how to put pictures up, so what do you think happened, YEAP!!! I lost the post. Why it doesn't save somewhere I have no idea. Either that or it does save somewhere and I don't know where.

The last time I posted it was my birthday back in early August. I've been to Guam twice, a group of us from the office went on a hike, and a couple beach parties. Today I will probably only post the Similarities and Differences between Guam and Saipan.

So we shall start with my 1st trip to Guam. It was over Labor Day. Guam is twice as big as Saipan. So, Guam is 30 miles long and 8 miles wide at the widest point. There are many shops that are the same on Guam as there is in Saipan. The differences is 2 malls, KMart, Home Depot, more "american" restaurants. The government in Guam has worked out the "corrupt" politicians as well. And lets not forget the 2 military bases - 1 of which is gearing up to get 8000 Marines from Okinawa if I'm not mistaken. Believe it or not there is "traffic" on Guam. Since the roads are crowded now, I can't imagine what the roads will be like when the 8000 plus Marines and their families - what the roads will be like then. Each time I was in Guam I would trolley around to the different malls and then I would get off at the furthest part of "hotel row" and then I would walk back to my hotel. This mall is 1 of the similarities between the Guam/Saipan. But on Guam there are 2 of these malls and believe it or not - right next to each other.

Guam/Saipan have KFC though we only have 1 and it is with Taco Bell. On Guam there are probably 4 and they are building another KFC, though Taco Bell is separate. 

Believe it or not both Guam and Saipan have a Rolex store. 

And of course, it rains in both places as well. I'm riding on a trolley taking me around. I think this is hotel row. 

There are other similarities of course, I'm not sure if you can tell but the building in the picture above is made of concrete. Houses and buildings here too are made of concrete. My house is made of concrete and 1 time I dropped a dish and it just shattered everywhere. Of course some of the pieces were big enough that Simba thought it was a toy, so I had to clean it up real quick.