Guam

Whew, what a weekend! Saturday, we took the airport bus for the 1.5 hour trip to Narita airport at 7:15am and then flew for 3.5 hours to Guam. Got to watch Ratatouille on the plane which was cute. We went from 50 degree weather here to 88 degree weather in Guam. Of course, we get out of the airport and the skies are blue, there are flowers everywhere, palm trees, and clear blue waters. We rented a car and drove to K-mart which we all felt horrendous about being so excited about going there. We looked like druggies because we had to buy so many things since medications aren't in english here which is complicated. Plus I got "Hairspray" since it's an American territory so I can watch the DVDs no problem. Watched that on the flight back and again when we got home. We stopped by the hotel which was a far cry from fantastic, it was pretty average and smelled like mold. But who cares? We got all gussied up and went down to dinner in a steakhouse where I of course had chicken but the waiter was so nice and thought I was hilarious because I would get so excited about little things like ranch dressing and bread. Then it decided to piss down rain so we drove to the outlet mall at 8. Mom and I each got a pair of nine west boots, which I will post a pic of because they are soooo not me but they're fun. Then we crashed in the hotel and after a horrible nights' sleep, got up at 7:30 to sunny skies. Had a continental breakfast with pancakes, bacon, a donut (much to dad's shagrin), and fruit, so it was all the stuff I don't get here. Then we walked around outside and along the beach. The water is so clear and the sand was so white but there were lots of bit of coral and rocks in it which was painful to walk on. There was a cliff we could see, which I'm putting a pic of on here that reminded me of Pirates of the Caribean where Elizabeth faints and falls into the ocean. hehehe. As soon as we went back inside, it instantly clouded up and rained again since it is the end of the rainy season. After driving around the island a bit, we had to return to the airport where we shopped in Duty free and I got a little pizza which is another missing aspect of life here. Then it was the flight back, where they showed the Santa Claus but I watched Hairspray on my computer and some big guy across the aisle from me put on his sunglasses so no one could tell he was watching it too. They tried to feed us a horrible roast beef sandwich. Ugh. We got in and rode 1.5 hours back to the apartment and here we are again. I think it's a bit dangerous to have all of us so close for so long. But no blood was shed. I just loved the normalcy and beauty of Guam. It was great to go places and not have to point at things and to be able to strike up conversations with random people. The tv was more normal there too. Ugh. I constantly begged dad to leave me there and he even offered to extend my stay, but I hadn't brought enough medication for it! Oh well.....lovely Guam.