On Sunday, we decided to take a little ride around the Southern side of the island.
I had my camera with me and got a few pics. Hope you like them.

Are there a lot of people living there other than military.....looks pretty

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Oh my that looks like heaven. Thanks Terri

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Looking down the valley to the little village of Umatac, you can see what we call London Bridge. Umatac is belived to be where Magellan first landed.
I tried to get a picture of the monument the have, but there were too many people and no place to park. The village has a fiesta every year in honor of Magellan.

Going further, you see Cocos Island. It's a nice retreat you can go and visit. Snorkeling and diving is supposed to be awesome there. If you don't want to take the little boat (about a 30 min ride) you can rent a kayak and go yourself.

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Looking down the valley to the little village of Umatac, you can see what we call London Bridge. Umatac is belived to be where Magellan first landed.
I tried to get a picture of the monument the have, but there were too many people and no place to park. The village has a fiesta every year in honor of Magellan.

Going further, you see Cocos Island. It's a nice retreat you can go and visit. Snorkeling and diving is supposed to be awesome there. If you don't want to take the little boat (about a 30 min ride) you can rent a kayak and go yourself.

Love the bridge

What a beautiful looking country.

Stunning! Thanks for the mini getaway, my view here is grey, grey sky, grey buildings, bleugh. That was a nice feast for the eyes

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Hope you enjoyed your little tour

what a beautiful place to live.
don't know how you get any quilting done with views like that!

LOL
You should see the view I have from my computer desk.
I posted it somewhere, can't remember where.

I'm SOOOOO ready to leave. In fact, I was ready to leave the 3d day we were here. Don't get me wrong....it's pretty and all here, but I'm a New England girl. I love my 4 seasons and have been stuck on islands for 12 years and I'm pretty tired of driving around in circles.
The best thing about living here is Asia is so close and pretty cheap to travel to, so I can "hop" over there for more culture.
In fact...I might be headed back to Hong Kong in a couple weeks....just all depends on schedules.

Loretta, I love to shovel snow. I think in 22 years of marriage, hubby has shoveled snow maybe 5 times, if that. I'm usually the one out there doing it. It works out pretty good. I do yardwork, he does housework!

Wow Terri, what a wonderful place to live!! Don't think I'd get much of anything done but staring at the beautiful scenery :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Nice photos of your little pebble in the big pond! I am :mrgreen: . I would love to get out of here, and enjoy some tropical splendor....

Thanks for sharing. I love going on vacations FREE...(Only way I can afford to go) :roll:

Loved the pictures, Terri. Very pretty there and I know I will never get there so the tour was wonderful. :lol:

You are all welcome.
I'm hoping to get to the Northern part of the island maybe this weekend coming. All depends on hubbys schedule on the ship.
I like him to drive so I can tell him when to stop so I can take pictures.

Beautiful island, Terri!
I enjoyed all of your pics!

Beautiful Terri! Thanks for the tour. BUT like you, I would miss the seasons - that's why I won't go any further south here in France - too hot! I like a bit of winter, wood fires and all that! Spring is welcome and autumn (sorry, fall! lol) is beautiful. I would NOT like to live somewhere with permanent summer. You must get some rain there though - it's so green. Tropical storms I guess?

And I know what you mean about islands - nowhere to go but round and round! Great for a holiday but not to live!

Ah Terri, thanks for that short vacation, its truly beautiful, very lush and green. it looks quite a big island, but like you say when you are on an island it really isn´t long before you know where every thing is.

London Bridge, okay if thats its name :D London bridge is across a river and a tad bigger I think. :wink:

I did a search for the name of it and yes, they call it London Bridge. One of the mayors of the village had it built back in the 80s.

I'm going to try to talk Courtney into going to the beach down the street tomorrow. Maybe we can get some good fish pictures or something.

Oh, thank you for the great mini vacation! It is so nice to see the blue waters! Love the London Bridge! If they can put the London Bridge out in the desert, you can have one in Guam! :lol:

ewwww, pretttttty! your water looks so nice and inviting. Do you go to the beach much? know you burn easily.
thought I saw a tomona in one of the jungle pics, lol* or was that hubby? j/k...hmmm, wonder why they call it London Bridge. You think it might look like one in London?
I didn't know you had mountains. wow, i took a trip and never left the farm:wink::wink::wink:

What a totally cool place to live. Are you getting transferred out soon? I know the military is like Methodist preachers never anywhere long. Do wild orchids grow everywhere & anthuriums. I love both. Guess you do get tired of the humidity. You should live in Texas, it will kill you sometimes. Going to San Antonio tomorrow for a few days & it is really hot there. Gulf Coast at least has a constant breeze. Here in East Texas it can be dead still for days & then wind blow like crazy. Hurricane season is here so we don't know what to expect. Enjoy your time left as you may never get there again.

I also enjoyed your pictures.

Wow! Very beautiful! Michigan has the Great Lakes, but they're not tropical!

I have a friend who was on an island while in the Peace Corps. He loved his experience, but said sometimes it was a good thing he was on an island!

Thanks for the vacation! It's very pretty there, the water is soooo blue. Gorgeous!

Hey Terri, thanks for the quick trip! It sure looks refreshing today..I'd love to try the kayak and probably take a dip. Those islands are really close to Guam...hmmm...whoda' thunk it? I guess you could say that I REALLY need to look at a map :oops:

Love the pics, so thank you...I'd love to see some fish pics...tell Courtney to get movin'!

Wow, Terri, you keep calling Guam a pebble, but it sure is a pretty one with lots of beautiful views. Thanks for sharing them with us.

We should be leaving here around March of next year. I hope and pray really hard that we do!
I'm sure there are orchids and anthuriums that may grow wild, but I'm not one that is really going into the jungle here to find out. There are snakes and wild pigs here that I really don't want to meet up with, even tho they say the pigs will run the other way.
I'm tired of islands, period! It's always hot, hot, hot here and I'm wanting change, change, change.
As to enjoy my time I have left here? Yes, I will, but coming back again....NEVER, unless there are pieces of paper with hubby name on it that says we have to come back.

It's drizzly today, so not a good day to get to the beach. Maybe it will clear up later on in the afternoon...hope so!

It is beautiful but I too would not do well there. I am practically "clear" in complexion and when we go to the beach I stay inside until nightfall. (vampire beach goer) Between the menopause and thyroid disease I can't take the heat at all.

Your pictures are always so awesome. You could be a professional photographer.

Thanks littlehud.
It's hit or miss as to how well my picturs come out.
Not professional quality at any means, but thank you for the compliment!

Girl i didn't want you to go exploring, that booger might still be waiting for you. The orchids usually grow along with the bananas. Bet there is vanilla bean orchids there. They smell so good. Hoping when y'all get shipped out you will go to a better place.

I've told them any place but HI, CA or an island! lol

I so hope you get your posting in March, I bet that it does get boaring after a while, the continual heat would get me down to. Interesting that you have wild pigs. We have them here too they call them boars here and big ugly things they are.

Elle

Oh, we have the BIG boars here too.
The other night I was on the balcony and there was a small pig running down the road...I named it...Dinner! lol

I sure hope we get what we want too, Elle!
I've told both hubby and Courtney that we have to have the house unpacked right away so I can take my trips!!! :) :)

Terri--what gorgeous photos. My two favorites are the banana tree!! (How cool is that!! Are they Dole's? :lol: ) and the one where you said one can kayak to Cocos Island... stunning. I want to kayak there!!