All Blog Posts Tagged 'Micronesia' (2)

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS: SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST ;-)

After four days in Pohnpei, FSM, some of them with drenching rain, all of them with power blackouts, it’s good to get the hell outta’ Slidell, that is Pohnpei.  I’ll leave half a bear of honey behind, but the flashlight and Virgen de Guadalupe votive candle will go with me, presumably all the way back to LA, since…

MICRONESIA: GUAM’S GLITTER GULCH & POHNPEI’S NOSERVICE ATOLL

Unbeknownst to most of us Guam has had much of the same history as the Philippines, first coming to the world’s attention during Ferdinand Magellan’s famous booty call to the region in 1521.  I suspect he found more in the Philippines because he died there and Spain didn’t get around to formally…