Guam - 2017

Gun Beach, near Tumon, Guam.

We saw heaps of these "80's" fish - too much blue eye shadow.

A very shy thing. We watched him for about 10 minutes, and he certainly got an impression that he was quite long. We could watch his body sliding around through an opening, Unfortunately, he was way too aware of us to come out. Taken at Piti Bomb Holes, Guam.

Sea stars have a great ability to regenerate lost limbs. But this ability also leads to occasional abnormalities. This blue sea star (common name, and I'm not joking, Blue Starfish, scientific name Linckia Laevigata) has an extra arm. Taken at Piti Bomb Holes, Guam.

A regular, five armed Blue Starfish. Piti Bomb Holes.

There were loads of sea cucumbers at Piti Bomb Holes, but this was the only one we saw of this variety.

Guam, and World War II. The island is defined in so many ways by what happened in just a few years in the 1940's.

A reminder of early colonialism, western Guam.

Enjoying the wonderfully beautiful natural pools at Inarajan. Waves crash over the rocks and the water can't get back out to sea via the same path. The water flows through a series of scenic pools of varied depth before returning to the ocean a hundred metres or more further along the coast.