little purple flowers for you and me ...

botanical beauties ...

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little red flowers outside of Blockbuster in Tamuning at night ...

a detail shot ... excuse the flash washout ...

cloudy sunset ...

shot whilst driving "Airport Road" as dusk approached ...

ditto ... a little different view ...

precocious purple plants ...

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purple blooms in sun
blossom within median
at Kmart entrance

loverly flowers
explode around tropic palm
clusters of beauty

hagåtña pics ... again ...

Hagåtña's cathedral ...

Skinner Plaza park ...

the historic Ungacta house ... built in the 1920s ...
one of the few to survive the bombardment
when the United States liberated Guam in World War II

how now, karabao?

Have you ever heard of CowParade? The Web site says it is the world’s largest public art event. What is it? There are a bunch of cow sculptures that go from city to city, with artists in each new place painting the cows, which are then featured all around the city.

Someone from here came up with a similar idea, using the iconic karabao, a tame version of the water buffalo introduced to Guam by the Spanish way back when.

There are a bunch around Guam, in several different poses. Here are two that are in Hagåtña. I'll try to get pics of more of them as I can. ;)

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very tropical theme ...

an orgy of colors ...

more late afternoon pics ...

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the skies over the GCIC building in Hagåtña ...

sun heading down in Hagåtña ...

Oka Point as shot from East Agana Bay ...

cool clouds over Paseo ...

same shot, but without the zoom ...

Hagåtña at dusk ...

heading west down Marine Corps Drive ...

from the heart of Hagåtña ...

a view of the Pacific from an intersection stop ...

tumon ...

The DFS Galleria, a popular tourist shopping mecca ...

the traffic leading down into Tumon ...

admiral nimitz golf course ...

one fair fairway ...

in the distance is Ladera Towers (hotel and condos) ...

from the tee of Hole 11, a long par-5 ...

more pics of ccp ...

expanse of green fairways, cut out of the jungle ...

this is the 10th hole ... I stuck a pitching wedge to 8 feet!

country club of the pacific ... part 1 ...

It was a bright, clear, hot day on the course ...

the rugged clifflines of the eastern coast of Guam ...

we got something you ain't got ...

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This is a picture of the drive-through order menu at the Hagåtña McDonald's.
Look at the bottom right, under breakfast specials. Any of your Mickey D's offer Portuguese sausage and eggs and white rice? Spam and eggs and white rice? "Local" breakfast with white rice?

Didn't think so.

Tabasco available upon request.

more golf course panoramas ...

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the par-5 that I wrecked ... love the clouds though ...

it was a bit more cloudy and overcast earlier in the day ...

shot on the course July 4th ...

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close-up view ...

a more complete shot of the flowers ...

boonie trees ...

the tangantangan was used to reforest Guam after World War II.
it is ubiquitous now and grows like crazy. we locals like to use it
for firewood (the bigger, thickers trees). this photo shows off
its seed pods, which helps it spread even further.

clusters of magenta ...

a flowering shrub in Mongmong ...

pretty in pink ...

detail shot of flowers at the Mangilao Golf Resort ...

the ubiquitous coconut tree ...

for those of you who have never seen what a coconut tree
looks like at the point where the palms start ...

beauty in ugliness ...

yes, they are weeds ... but they're still pretty cool

golf course flora ... part 3 ...

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bright and beautiful colors ...

now these are some lovely little bushes ...

a tree line along the 9th hole ...

golf course flora ... part 2 ...

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even the rocks grow flowers ...

the ubiquitous hibiscus ...

little, tiny orange and yellow flowers ...

one more batch coming ...

golf course flora ... part 1 ...

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vividly yellow ...

I like the splash of yellow amidst the white here ...

a little closer look ...



more to come soon ...

are ya'll getting tired of sunsets?

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Wednesday, near dusk

watching the sun go down over the Pacific ...

a palette of God's best colors ...

a perfect time and place for lovers ...