tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87031711249544241972024-03-05T17:43:04.761+10:00Hikes On TinianThis blog provides information about an informal hiking group on the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This blog posts past hikes and upcoming hikes for the island of Tinian. Everyone is welcome to join us on a hike.
Since the 2008 departure of The Hiker, who lead most hikes, from Tinian this blog will also be used by Mitch and Heyjude to post their hikes, walks, beachcombing, birdwatching,points and activities of interest, etc. The Hikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259633918613984636noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-41274637017609761342015-05-06T13:57:00.000+10:002015-05-06T13:57:35.277+10:00PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR ISLANDS<div>
I have now lived on Tinian - my 'paradise island' for over 10 years this time. This is a place where I enjoy a retirement life on pristine beaches, snorkelling, swimming with turtles, bird watching etc. The people, the cultures (multiple) and food here are all wonderful! </div>
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But now my 'Paradise' is threatened. So I've been sending and posting this everywhere I can: </div>
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Help Save our birds, our water, our air space, our land - our islands</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are threatened on Tinian and Pagan, in the American Territory of CNMI
(Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) in the North Pacific, by the
proposal of the US Military to use these two (<em>inhabited</em>) islands for live-fire
(bombs) training. Besides people, beauty and historic ruins, pristine beaches, grazing
and subsistence farm land and ocean areas, these islands are home to several <u>rare
</u>and <u>endangered</u> species of birds and other wildlife. And our use of the land, the water and air space would be restricted. Prices would soar and tourism would fail. </span></div>
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see our petition at Change.org - PLEASE sign and share <u>and help us spread
the word</u>. Such a tiny island is hard pressed to reach the 10,000 signatures
we need by June to get this to the President. Thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-56942044866890134852015-02-17T12:44:00.000+10:002015-02-17T14:40:52.938+10:00Weekend of Tinian Hot Pepper Festival and Turquoise Blue Triathlon & Swim<div style="text-align: center;">
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to greet the sun for the start of the 2015 Swim – Bike – Run Triathlon. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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easy access. Soon turquoise blue swim caps were seem everywhere clearly identifying
the contestants as well as indelible numbers written on their arms and legs. </strong></span></div>
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route buoys were the same orangey yellow as the shirts of many of the Triathlon
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time before the bikers were coming back and heading out again on foot to repeat
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overall winner is a former winner of this Triathlon (and others I imagine) and
is known to be fast. Fast also on registering I guess as he got number 1! He
was first in the swim and bike portions and second on the run. However his
overall winning time of 2 hours 41 minutes and 07 seconds beat his own winning record of
last year by more than a minute. </strong></span></div>
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matter when they finished they were greeted by a welcoming table of cold drinks
and fruits. And no matter when they finished I admire each of them for even
entering this arduous event. </strong></span><br />
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For weeks in advance there was sprucing-up of the designated site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">Palms got trimmed to prevent any possible injuries from falling coconuts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></h2>
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I wasn't even out the door when I heard Mariana Fruit Doves. And before I got
to the street I heard the White-throated Ground Doves. I didn't see either
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I did see 3 Pacific Golden Plovers in the lower field - though I've about given up on them
ever coming down to 'my' end of the field as they did in other years. Well, new
year - new hope - huh? Their breeding plumage is only seen here in April just before they migrate to their summer home. </span></div>
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At the stairs to the beach I again heard the call of the White-throated Ground
Dove. While searching for the tree I thought it came from I spotted a Mariana
Fruit Dove, then another. Though they moved around a bit they soon settled side
by side and pretty much ignored me. They were in so much shadow I hadn't much
hope for the pics I took but some are pretty fixable! My enhancement program
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got attacked by some Micronesian Starlings. A pair of them seemed to fall right
out of the tree just above my head. Then they swooped and flew just over my
head scolding me loudly. They were joined by several others. They all kept
moving from branch to branch screeching at me and I feared they were trying to
'poop-bomb' me. I just kept moving so as not be right under them - trying NOT
to get 'tagged'! <br />
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When they calmed down I caught a brief glimpse of White-throated Ground Dove
Apaka but not his mate. And before I left there I also caught a couple of
glimpses of Egigis (Micronesian Honeyeaters). <br />
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I guess it won't surprise you to read that I decided to also come home by those
trees but there wasn’t anything remarkable there on the return trip. <br />
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At the bandstand I saw White-throated Ground Doves again - both the Apaka(m) and
the Fachi(f) but never at the same time. I also heard Mariana Fruit Doves. Both
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near the Sparrows trying to terrorize them - though this is getting so common for
the Sparrows they scatter then rapidly recover. <br />
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Starlings are always abundant everywhere. They are a given any time I go out
and thus often don't get mentioned in my posts. But today a young tern gets top
billing. It obviously was pretty new at this 'flying' stuff and fluttering and
flapping as it lost altitude, it landed in the road. I was able to get rather
close and got several close-up shots while it kept a close eye on me.
Eventually it had had enough of the photo shoot and fluttered and struggled to
get airborne again. It finally succeeded - landing on one of the roofs which
afforded it much more distance from 'the human with the long nosed black box'!</span></span></div>
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close to me. I thought it likely they were a mating pair but in my pictures
they look more like two males. I'm beginning to wonder if the females are not
always so much duller and drab as I've read. I couldn’t get good pictures but
here are some earlier ones of the very vibrant male and the much more drab
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out. The little one would flutter or hop from branch to branch while the
parents kept a watchful eye. I now suspect that may have been why the earlier
bunch were upset with me. I was just unknowingly too close to a new fledge. Salis are readily distinguished from other black birds by their yellow eyes. Adults are otherwise totally black while young Salis have a sort of striped front. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite an attractive bird but very noisy and sometime vicious to other birds and sometime to its own species. I've frequently seen it fly through a group of smaller birds shrieking and scaring them off. Once I saw it attack a Sparrow which lay on the ground stunned for sometime. </span><br />
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heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-54602760049024682452014-07-27T18:51:00.002+10:002014-07-27T18:51:33.332+10:00Orangeband Surgeonfish or unicornfish - Acanthurus olivaceus<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took me some time and effort with books and the internet to find a name for my most recent favorite snorkel buddy.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd followed a triggerfish several yards/meters off to the side from where I'd been snorkeling recently</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. There I saw a fish I hadn't seen before darting around on the sandy bottom and around the coral. I later learned that what I saw is its typical behavior which I've seen several times now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually the descriptions I've seen say the Orangeband has a white front and the back goes gradually from gray at mid-body to a black tail. That is the description of the ones in Hawaii and obviously the local one is different. Its front is more of a tannish yellow and the back section goes from black to a gray tail. But in both cases they have the bright orange band in the front section for which they are named. </span></div>
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Northern Mariana Islands are listed as one of its native habitats. It is seen
alone, in pairs or in small groups feeding on the sandy bottom or coral which is where I’ve seen
it here in shallow water at Kammer Beach. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It also may be seen near other fish. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At any rate I always love seeing my smiley finned friend when I snorkel. Now that I know where it hangs out I expect to see Orangeband often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW - the Surgeonfishes get their name from two sharp spines they have at the base of their tail. When feeling threatened it can pop them out to use. Those scalpel sharp weapons gives them their name. So I won't be attempting to pat my buddy or 'shake hands'! A smile will suffice. :>)</span></div>
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out anyway. Since yesterday the sea has been shouting. I tried to convince
myself yesterday that I could hear it so much just because the wind had shifted. Well
the wind did shift but the sea IS shouting too. That means too much turbulence
for me to consider snorkeling. The normally very calm area at Kammer Beach where I snorkel most lately was more white than aqua today. I'd have been bobbing around like a cork in a bathtub with an energetic kid. But the moderate to strong breezes feel great
and the rain is more off than on today. In fact the sun kept trying to push
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Of course it can be worse when there is more 'serious' weather out to sea or nearby, as it was earlier this month when the same area looked more like this.</span> <br />
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bandstand gripping on like it plans to never let go - with one then both parents
supervising from anotherbranch – below and behind the little one. </span></div>
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that’s the fledgling's landing perch from its first flight. These birds do not make nests
and the young instinctively grasp onto a branch upon hatching and never let go
until they fledge. How terrifying it must be to be goaded into letting go for the first time and
launching oneself into open air. I imagine it is also instinctive to flap those
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The White-Throated Ground Doves (who are rarely seen on the ground) have a <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nest in another tree at the Fiesta Grounds. It has been tended by the Apaka(m) most of the time I've been there recently but today the Fachi(f) was there as well and it was being tended by
both parents. And both were pretty busy,<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> changing positions and poking down into the nest frequently. I suspect
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One picture, though not clear enough to be sure, seems to show a tiny head in front of the Apaka's white chest. Of course it could just be one or a clump of those little ironwood 'pine' cones but it is more fun to think it 'might' be a hatchling. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But on closer examination it seemed to be a much less exciting branch bobbing around in the water. Ah well, what’s an imagination for anyway! </span></div>
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The day the turtle circled me I snapped a selfie to show what turtle was so interested in! Surely enough to bewilder any sea creature!<br />
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Before the recent snorkel sightings I'd only seen turtles from shore. </div>
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Frequently the pop their head up for air and back down usually too quickly to get a picture. </div>
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But sometimes they seem to be examining us and remain on the surface for several seconds in water shallow enough that we can even see some of the shell. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em>The <b>butterflyfishes</b> are a group of conspicuous </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical" title="Tropical"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>tropical</em></span></a><em> </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>marine</em></span></a><em> </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish" title="Fish"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>fish</em></span></a><em> of the family <b>Chaetodontidae</b>; the <b>bannerfishes</b> and <b>coralfishes</b> are also included in this group. The approximately 120 </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>species</em></span></a><em> in 10 </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genera" title="Genera"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>genera</em></span></a><sup id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflyfish#cite_note-1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>[1]</em></span></span></a></sup><em> are found mostly on the </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef" title="Reef"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>reefs</em></span></a><em> of the </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>Atlantic</em></span></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>Indian</em></span></a><em>, and </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>Pacific Oceans</em></span></a><em>. A number of </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_pair" title="Species pair"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>species pairs</em></span></a><em> occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetodon" title="Chaetodon"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>Chaetodon</em></span></a><em>.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em>Butterflyfishes look like smaller versions of angelfish (</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomacanthidae" title="Pomacanthidae"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>Pomacanthidae</em></span></a><em>), but unlike these, lack </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preopercle" title="Preopercle"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>preopercle</em></span></a><em> spines at the </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_cover" title="Gill cover"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><em>gill covers</em></span></a><em>.”<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">That’s verging into more than I understand yet. I welcome any efforts in comments to expand my meager knowledge - ie: PLEASE, if you can, help me identify and learn about the fish I post. And if you are as ignorant about tropical fish as I am but like seeing the pics anyway – well we can struggle along together.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Today the Pacific Reef Heron came to visit. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">It likes the seawall and the area behind it!</span></strong> </div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Whether the same bird or not, </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know, </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">but </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;">this species has come to visit </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">the sea wall area in the past too.</span></strong> </div>
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heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-9232170625475635662013-02-21T16:47:00.002+10:002013-02-21T16:47:42.206+10:00A Nesting Bird Bonanza! The doves were really out to please at the Fiesta grounds today.
Yesterday I saw a pair of Mariana Fruit Doves and thought they might have or be creating a 'nest'.
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Today I just looked upward to search out the Fruit dove I saw yesterday when the male flew right over to her – if I’m right about who is which (the coloring of males and females is either the same or too similar for me to tell). That saved me from having to search to spot her. He didn’t stay long but as far as I was concerned he’d done me a nice favor.
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A couple of days ago I spotted a male White-throated Ground Dove.
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Watching it I soon decided it was in attendance of a female on a nest.
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The nest is just was very loosely knit assemblage of long ironwood needles. But yesterday I could not find that nest anywhere. I figured they had just been ‘house hunting’ and opted for a different neighborhood.
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While watching the Mariana Fruit Dove I hadn’t much hope of sighting the White-throated Ground Dove but “Lo and Behold!” A male flew over and perched close enough to the Fruit dove that I got off a shot including them both.
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He then began flying back and forth between two other trees and that me helped locate their nest. It is a tree away from where I thought I saw it the other day. So either I was looking in the wrong tree yesterday or what I really think is they chose a different spot.
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Unlike the Fruit dove male this one makes many quick trips to the nest and away. And in each tree he’d walk, hop or flutter from branch to branch.
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Gradually he would approach the nest and briefly join her there. While the White-throated nest is merely a large mass of loosely assembled needles it does keep them much better hidden from the ground – thus from the camera. I could detect her head or tail at times. And when he’d join her, I could get an occasional shot of him at the nest. He just never hangs around for long though.
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The ‘nest’ for the Fruit dove if it can be called that is only a small collection of ironwood needles. She stayed close to the 'nest' today but did do some moving around.
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Now the really great news is that I can watch both nests from each of a couple of different spots. So I don’t always have to fear missing a visit at one when watching the other. Some of the best shots are from other spots but when nothing is happening I can position myself at the ready for either nest. This is an an exciting opportunity as being shy this is about the only time one can observe then. Both birds are striking with the Fruit dove being out most colorful bird.
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This truly was a Bonanza Nesting Bird Day. Two rather shy species to watch at once!
heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-46891904697921151742013-02-08T20:15:00.001+10:002013-02-08T20:16:42.979+10:00Another birding walkWalk began with a male White-throated Ground-dove in the tree at my building. That’s the first time I’ve seen one here but he is very identifiable by his white head and chest.
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As he flew off I spied an all chocolate brown female much further from me and only got in one quick shot before she'd followed him.
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Next there were a bunch of chickens in the first field, not in good photo range.
At the Fiesta grounds the Mom & Babe Fruit dove were together but the Mom soon left.
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I’m intrigued by the differences between this chick and the earlier one. This one does not huddle in a ball when alone but peers around and moves about. And it doesn’t just snuggle up to the Mom when she is there - a very daring little tyke. It also is growing very rapidly. I think it is about twice the size it was a few days ago but still is only about half or less of the size the other one was when we first discovered it.
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As I moved on into the Fiesta grounds a bunch of White Terns provided some Kodak moments – most of which I missed as they dart about so quickly. One pair paused long enough though!
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Then a flash of red caught my eye as an Egigi (Micronesian Honeyeater) landed about three feet from me. It moved on before I could get the camera focused on it but only about a couple of yards. It allowed me one shot there and another in tree branches above before departing for territories afar. The amount and brightness of the red on this bird marks it as a male, the females have less and it is more of a brick red.
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On my way home a Kingfisher called out. Though it liked to hide in the shadows I did get one not so great shot of it.
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At the Plover fields a lone Plover held a staring contest with me until it decided I wasn’t worth the bother. When I tried to approach closer it flew off a few yards and from it’s new spot seemed to studiously ignore me. Ithink their eyes have a greater range of vision than ours so it likely was still keeping me under close scrutiny.
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Another in the other field was amazingly close to the road but by the time I got to that side of the road it decided to go join its pal in the other field.
heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-84792427234830031262013-02-07T15:03:00.000+10:002013-02-07T15:03:44.650+10:00A Tinian WalkWalk began quite unremarkably today. No Plovers, no turtles, no changes with the stonefaces, nothing of interest until I got down to Fiesta Grounds.
The Marians Fruit Dove I've been watching there now has a chick.
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When I got there today the babe was there alone. Though I hung around quite a while I never saw the Mom. This seems to be a very brave little chick as it changes its location – maybe only a few inches at a time but that’s more than the previous one did when alone.
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In the fenced area beyond the Fiesta grounds a work crew with a bucket truck was trimming a lot of branches off the trees in there. I got one really neat picture. The bucket up among the tree branches blends into the sky background so well it looks like the man is hanging there in midair.
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I hung around for some time to see if they were going to trim along the road and to speak up on behalf of the Fruit doves if so. But it became apparent that they’d be working where they were for quite some time more so I slowly headed back.
Up by the baby bird’s tree I suddenly saw a White-throated ground dove fly into a nearby tree. They walk, hop and flutter from spot to spot so fast it is hard to photograph them but I always try. This time a female came along and they were having quite a romance – billing and cooing and darting toward and away from each other.
I got a decent shot of the female. She is all a chocolaty brown while the male has a white head and chest. I got a fairly decent shot of the male with his wings aflutter, about to leave that branch for another.
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After a short while a number of Donne Salis came along screeching, squawking, attacking and chased away the much larger pair. I was not so happy about that.
When I arrived back at my building the 5 month was holding court for an uncle and the Grands. And of course that meant a few more Kodak moments!
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Coming up the stairs I spotted an Egigi with just enough light on it for some almost good pictures.
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heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-58901049919416900482013-02-03T17:50:00.000+10:002013-02-03T17:50:01.849+10:00A birding walkI had a nice birding walk today.
One Plover (Pacific Golden Plover) only in each of the fields were I usually see them. Each was showing signs of being less alarmed by me as long as I kept my distance.
Though this bird carries the same name as the Plover that migrates non-stop over 5000 miles from Alaska to Hawaii summer there, the once here come in from Siberia. Their route is partly overland so their longest stretch is “only” 2300-2600 miles.
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The difference in color for these two is a matter of the sun being on the first and behind the second.
Leaving them behind I heard a bird calling and discovered a very photogenic juvenile Kingfisher on a palm frond. I suspect it will grow into its beak.
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And big though its beak is it doesn’t begin to rival BigBill – A Plover with an excetionally long beak that I’ve only seen once.
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At the Fiesta grounds, our favorite Mariana Fruit Dove was there when I arrived but after I roamed around the grounds a bit and was leaving, it was gone. It is showing pretty much full coloration now. (scroll down to the Mariana Fruit Dove entry 0n Dec 21, 2012 for other pictures of this bird as a chick with its parent)
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Then I spotted and took a few shots of a young White Tern still showing some gray around the edges. The chicks are all gray and gradually turn to all white as they mature into adulthood. There were numerous terns soaring but not allowing any good shots.
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An Egigi (Micronesian Honeyeater) perched in an ironwood tree and though it kept evading me by hopping from branch to branch I did get a couple of decent shots – one with its wings aflutter as it prepared to change location just as I clicked!
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Sparrows (Eurasian tree Sparrow)were all around and never in one spot for long. I got a shot of one on the chain-link fence. They show themselves better in other settings though.
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Since it seemed to be a ‘bird’ morning I took a picture of a juvenile Donne Sali from directly beneath it. The lightness of its’ throat and chest marks as a youth as the adults are solid black.
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That’s seven of the eight species I frequently see along this same walk. The White-Throated Ground-Dove did not show itself today. I don’t even recall hearing it then though I have heard it a few times while writing this. It has never revealed itself in the growth behind my window though. It will just have to wait for another day.
heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-2278539687770429112012-12-29T15:06:00.003+10:002012-12-29T15:06:56.203+10:002012-12-29 Turtles and birds
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What a morning!
As I was online <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before my walk it kept
getting darker outside not lighter – at 6:30-7:00am!! With the sky DARK gray I
got ready to walk anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as I was
about to leave the sky opened with torrents of rain pouring down. I decided a
later walk might work better. So, just about as I got all set up to begin my
next project the sun came out – and off I went admiring the partial rainbow for its colorful streak across the still gray sky. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Most of the
sky was still very dark but the sun is on the side the weather comes from and
sure enough, after a bit the whole sky grew lighter and sunnier. Plovers were
mere moving dots at the far end of their field so I went right to the beach. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turtles began
popping their head up almost immediately. Several times in a very smallish area
so I set the camera on only a small amount of zoom and tried to hold it steady
covering a fairly wide area of the sea in front of me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A tripod might have been in order. I DO have a
tripod and a monopod but I don’t find either helps much when I leave them at
home! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So there I was
- hoping - hoping - hoping. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When a head
would pop up I’d click – no time to check to see if the camera was still
pointed right or not. It’s almost like trying to catch a ‘Jack-in-the box’ as
it pops up. On the tiny camera screen some shots seemed to have dark specks on
them. Imagine my hopes when I got home and could see those shots on the
computer screen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several of beautiful
water only, but three – yes 3!!! – with a turtle head! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One with some of the
shell even! And then to discover that picture has a second spot that is likely
another turtle head barely breaking the water. WhooooHoooo!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh happy day! I may just start toting the
tripod! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the beach there were tent tops and tables – the tables being decorated with
local vegetation – so I gather there was a party there last night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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fiesta grounds but nothing remarkable there. On the way back some Donne Salis
(Micronesian Starlings) were doing a lot of flying and squawking and they even
attacked and chased off some kingfishers I’d just photographed calmly sitting
in a tree. I suspect the Salis have a nest they thought the Kingfishers were
too close to. They can both be quite aggressive species. </span></span></div>
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‘no contest’ – the Kingfishers made a hasty retreat – chased for quite a ways
by the Salis. The tree the Salis then settled in is across the (narrow) beach
road from where the Kingfishers had been ie: quite close. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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toward home I paused for a hello to the Chinese guy who also walks along there
most days. We both noticed the sky rapidly graying up again so we just
exchanged a greeting and that brief weather comment as I kept on going. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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Plovers were up in ‘my’ end of the field so I had to pause for a few snaps
there. The one closest to me looks in one picture like it has just one foot.
But shots of the same bird, before and after that one, clearly show two. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">The
Marianas Fruit Dove is a rare and endangered species among ou</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">r local birds - so
classified I guess because they only are found on a few of our Mariana Islands
and only raise one chick at a time. They seem common enough here but are very
shy - though their very distinctive call can often be heard they are less often
seen. It is also our most colorful bird as adults – almost like a parrot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Several
of us were at the Fiesta grounds back in early May. A friend and
I were wandering around taking pictures and comparing notes. Others were
talking on the bandstand. Suddenly I saw something not looking much like a blown
leaf in one of the links of the chain link fence across the street and asked, </span></div>
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that in the fence?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“I don’t
know, could it be a leaf?” </span></div>
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approached we exclaimed - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“It’s a
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“A green
baby bird!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">“Oh my
word! It’s a baby Marianas Fruit Dove!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">A chick
of a rare and endangered species! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Where it
was it was certainly in danger from dogs or cats. We snapped pictures, conferred with the
others<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Generally the parents will
continue caring for a bird that has fallen or tried to fledge too early, so if
it's in a safe spot it should be left alone. But we neither saw nor heard any
adult Fruit Doves around and it sure wasn't safe there. We decided we needed to rescue
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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went closer it struggled to fly off but just couldn’t get airborne and landed
on the ground – inside the locked fence. We convinced one of the males among
us, a thin guy, to squeeze in through the small opening where the gate was loosely chained and fetch
it. Though it kept scurrying along the ground he was able to get it, very gently and hand it
out to us. </span></div>
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fellow with us had once raised birds so we entrusted it to his care until it
was able to fend for itself. Once handed over, he was quickly able to calm and gentle
it and we took more pictures.</span></div>
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see an adult Marianas Fruit Dove picture here and by clicking on – "listen to recording"
– you can hear its distinctive call. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morning walk this week, when I got to the end of Kammer Beach I noticed some
vehicles and guys at the edge of the fiesta grounds. Stevedores waiting for
someone to come with a key to the gate in the same fence we’d found the baby
bird in back in May. They were all staring and gesturing upward into a tree. Of
course I HAD to saunter over and find out what a bunch of stevedores were so
excited about. They’d spotted a baby bird! And yes it was a Marianas Fruit
Dove! The Mom was hovering nearby and I saw her easily but had a tough time
locating the chick. (We assume Mom though I believe both parents are involved
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into the fiesta grounds and the Mom joined her baby. That’s how I found the
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it was going to attack the chick. Sure enough, it suddenly zoomed in toward the
chick but not AT it. Sali attacked a Kingfisher zooming in on the chick from
the other side and chased it off. I was stunned. The Kingfisher noisily, retreated to some wires across the street, looking a bit dejected then. As I moved closer and closer taking its picture, it preened itself then flew off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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close to me. I’ve never heard of one bird species protecting another species' lone chick but it
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delayed until the sun began peeking through. Everything was still wet, shiny
and glistening under the sun. No Plovers, in the first field I pass though a mother
hen and chicks pecked away too far across that field to get photos worth
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½ inch) one posed nicely in spots where its shadow gave me a point of focus.
They are so nearly invisible when not scurrying from me! I got some decent shots
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coral for a project I have in mind so of course I saw none of it. I picked up
plenty of other ‘treasures’ that look less like treasures back here than they
had on the beach. How often I come in and examine may ‘haul’ wondering “Now why
did I pick up that?!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today’s haul
includes a great small piece of driftwood. I hope it looks as animal-like when
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me cool but not so strong as to be blowing me off balance. The sea tried that a
couple times but I stayed upright. A good exercise in keeping balanced though.
Nothing like the fear of the camera going swimming to motivate me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">On shore a bunch of terns were swooping and soaring but
studiously avoiding giving me good shots! I swear they look down on “the human
pointing the black thing” at them and immediately swoop for cover putting tree
branches between them and me. Or make a sudden turn and double time it out of
my camera range. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and let me get as close as I dared without any sense of alarm. Watchful and
slowly moving further down the field as I got closer but no alarm calls of
“too-whet! too-whet!” and no flying off! Pleasing progress! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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neighbors I heard a small sparrow calling attention to itself. It posed on the
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heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-61027432291502947452011-04-30T11:59:00.023+10:002011-05-01T16:11:16.215+10:00Lion's Head 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkdb9VcR4Muxfi3EKaVW9GOJCD-avBRs7Z9kmvzh-nG1wWB_VtkizobfLkR38B4dgGzrnJoXcZTXqqaMXOJoDDM0apm27Abp8OFkg98J8tgr7XLGTea_TUN4vEpUVWqkffMa1mbs0bJg/s1600/kingfisher6.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkdb9VcR4Muxfi3EKaVW9GOJCD-avBRs7Z9kmvzh-nG1wWB_VtkizobfLkR38B4dgGzrnJoXcZTXqqaMXOJoDDM0apm27Abp8OFkg98J8tgr7XLGTea_TUN4vEpUVWqkffMa1mbs0bJg/s320/kingfisher6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601361414488835410" /></a><div>Sunday April 10 2011. We started our hike from the Marpo Well to Lion's Head at 10:30 AM. I have not gone to Lion's Head since Mr. Cole left Tinian. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBc_ygnrTs55e3iJZZnj099Ty52RqNUYedlcc2NAycsINdqQFICWSmLJSBgb6slsTaRIiX-7l8m_F_uno5C2ZlryCDbvYHSz1UjLpFF_RSO_ich4hMue0Olqy6jZC33QKf-CfrwAqXuk/s1600/P1040067.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBc_ygnrTs55e3iJZZnj099Ty52RqNUYedlcc2NAycsINdqQFICWSmLJSBgb6slsTaRIiX-7l8m_F_uno5C2ZlryCDbvYHSz1UjLpFF_RSO_ich4hMue0Olqy6jZC33QKf-CfrwAqXuk/s320/P1040067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601361254254220210" /></a>Today's Hikers were Oneal, Lina and me(Mitch).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JY07IO-S5-d1NzKfMS8TMbK2rLc4hL6snaaPLgrAs7x30ZT294l-DAslRBd6ftC2EyrfdI60YxF8pe9l3modYHXsP7hgC3jtQacDjLR46AwAo0SPKWJQKfqmiJnoNZzUOeizDKQw-vM/s1600/GPS.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JY07IO-S5-d1NzKfMS8TMbK2rLc4hL6snaaPLgrAs7x30ZT294l-DAslRBd6ftC2EyrfdI60YxF8pe9l3modYHXsP7hgC3jtQacDjLR46AwAo0SPKWJQKfqmiJnoNZzUOeizDKQw-vM/s320/GPS.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601360953518945186" /></a>I downloaded coordinates from Mr. Cole's geocahing website into my GPS, which I had just bought recently</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc-3HfU-RRhBXBZonRLEkIf7wsFKfNC4-UF_Toab2m-j22t7XWp4hQ6OpP7E9nbbBxSyF0odr2pYQBLEXHM11FFOpdg4lqxdjXIn1tFyju-OZw9ctb89YTwlaH-UftrNrnlDRxDs_UvM/s1600/Beer+Bottle2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyc-3HfU-RRhBXBZonRLEkIf7wsFKfNC4-UF_Toab2m-j22t7XWp4hQ6OpP7E9nbbBxSyF0odr2pYQBLEXHM11FFOpdg4lqxdjXIn1tFyju-OZw9ctb89YTwlaH-UftrNrnlDRxDs_UvM/s320/Beer+Bottle2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601359764490878386" /></a>There were many remains from WWII on the way to go Lion's Head, such as beer bottles, plates, pots and a lot of Japanese shelter were built on way to Lion's Head.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlya3ZtqyYwJUf8K7qgA46GBzCQ5LYolvXwc3qMDxKE2MvUtX_Onxvk4AB8dfLZ1A8VbEK7fz1aQnKsZEMPAhYyFZGRgRW1gTh7AaaqVbVgTiqNvecFpk0pWZvBZOpCoYEyixJcqAHGgc/s1600/jungle2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlya3ZtqyYwJUf8K7qgA46GBzCQ5LYolvXwc3qMDxKE2MvUtX_Onxvk4AB8dfLZ1A8VbEK7fz1aQnKsZEMPAhYyFZGRgRW1gTh7AaaqVbVgTiqNvecFpk0pWZvBZOpCoYEyixJcqAHGgc/s320/jungle2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601359534826945794" /></a>I remember this trail. Mr. Cole took this trail when I first time went on a hike to Lion's Head.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaXhuKWj_JhRjXvP3iAda2Z2pdnlpjhYs-ql6PknXfNYo4jjUH2GcbO7vRRyipXaXQfDqRRImN6ROkSoD7yj80iFbFIhnNoBe6J4gIT9PKTEQj1q3Ogax_F69RPXkCZ3oLq1yfDzkQU8/s1600/P1040069.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaXhuKWj_JhRjXvP3iAda2Z2pdnlpjhYs-ql6PknXfNYo4jjUH2GcbO7vRRyipXaXQfDqRRImN6ROkSoD7yj80iFbFIhnNoBe6J4gIT9PKTEQj1q3Ogax_F69RPXkCZ3oLq1yfDzkQU8/s320/P1040069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601359305961230098" /></a>We were supposed to climb up one or two cliffs. We found good place to go up the cliff.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbK_ZUjpoqcegnqO6FEdZR_b69vcpgQV-1RfWQgm0lMN32f5b8YCdhcxs91ApSjicJzbRsFJi0Qye1J6wZlOn5e47frJiq00Yk1CsM146EBfWK1GZ56VTk2QF7IJd8Fv6TlGFYsdbuz0/s1600/P1040070.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbK_ZUjpoqcegnqO6FEdZR_b69vcpgQV-1RfWQgm0lMN32f5b8YCdhcxs91ApSjicJzbRsFJi0Qye1J6wZlOn5e47frJiq00Yk1CsM146EBfWK1GZ56VTk2QF7IJd8Fv6TlGFYsdbuz0/s320/P1040070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601359123276367154" /></a>It was about a 15 feet high slope which is not a very difficult climb.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy7a-lc0d41ieLO2swNt-luTuwbeSb7uk78iaHavfFTzE1xC5_qV7uY9Jd4RhWvdRP3b63ej3nGY2sAUVeC7c8ZLD2yyzQ1oEaXRDlGzDQjBOf1DE9kQz_Yov445V7SbC5Xh6g820Ce0/s1600/red+paint.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy7a-lc0d41ieLO2swNt-luTuwbeSb7uk78iaHavfFTzE1xC5_qV7uY9Jd4RhWvdRP3b63ej3nGY2sAUVeC7c8ZLD2yyzQ1oEaXRDlGzDQjBOf1DE9kQz_Yov445V7SbC5Xh6g820Ce0/s320/red+paint.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601358885266268402" /></a>After we went up on the cliff , we continued to hike South East. We found a red paint marker. It seemed to lead us Lion's Head. We took a rest and had lunch about 600 feet away from Lion's Head. It was already passed 1:00pm.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_766AXzKjUNH4Q7pcRK64iZAsnLzsyo81HTYOCxv9oFz8LdCPymLnuWGVwf9hUug7RF7wK27T9bq5Lw83sbamvzUtCVGgshK_anEDpREMAN0H6-Drc-Mu_Mw9PWGDV21DmchFnxysng/s1600/Lion%2527s+Head+soon.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_766AXzKjUNH4Q7pcRK64iZAsnLzsyo81HTYOCxv9oFz8LdCPymLnuWGVwf9hUug7RF7wK27T9bq5Lw83sbamvzUtCVGgshK_anEDpREMAN0H6-Drc-Mu_Mw9PWGDV21DmchFnxysng/s320/Lion%2527s+Head+soon.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601358673948951522" /></a>The red marker was gone so we had to really depend on GPS. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd6grSzHHEinA_t-kls-Dgejy91iXfxL1ZKnOEoSXEILzwBEGcck1-J004498M07CQKwKgK_r09XSZn724He9DhKmzXEGPEaO5z9Di-onZ6jJBV6hIXe3wFrE94SdZ9g3CTST_tn943k/s1600/Banzai.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd6grSzHHEinA_t-kls-Dgejy91iXfxL1ZKnOEoSXEILzwBEGcck1-J004498M07CQKwKgK_r09XSZn724He9DhKmzXEGPEaO5z9Di-onZ6jJBV6hIXe3wFrE94SdZ9g3CTST_tn943k/s320/Banzai.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601358401590423698" /></a>It took about three hours from the Marpo Well. We finally arrived at Lion's Head.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsD5tgZkIlrTSQ78A4IKOqncDNa2aWvui8BaE1bBOq3pq-KYqK95AaMxcWZH2ROyM74XZMBaRF5aG2U_GaXxGd4_TaeNlXP0O5MxCHQX_mOr-7l5gyKmKKFX6EM0ER0szdLD2m0p4hxk/s1600/kingfisher4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsD5tgZkIlrTSQ78A4IKOqncDNa2aWvui8BaE1bBOq3pq-KYqK95AaMxcWZH2ROyM74XZMBaRF5aG2U_GaXxGd4_TaeNlXP0O5MxCHQX_mOr-7l5gyKmKKFX6EM0ER0szdLD2m0p4hxk/s320/kingfisher4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601358075522005810" /></a>The King Fisher was resting on the next Lion's Head.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UcMiKyvYK2EgumgXGCvjLaFne9u-Fl8mdBr_90zkQ_oH1UAiqTbpWAueq3QwYEb-RPb5NpjzmE8bFHX7WLV85BkagRMsesuI-WjquXLN4M5XD3QC9wsk4N9LHbCuviLiJSuAJP7GLE4/s1600/kingfisher8.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UcMiKyvYK2EgumgXGCvjLaFne9u-Fl8mdBr_90zkQ_oH1UAiqTbpWAueq3QwYEb-RPb5NpjzmE8bFHX7WLV85BkagRMsesuI-WjquXLN4M5XD3QC9wsk4N9LHbCuviLiJSuAJP7GLE4/s320/kingfisher8.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601357823043790930" /></a>Everybody was happy to get to Lion's Head and could see beautiful bird.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe_6bTUV7JctvZX0O1HXuePMYtIzaXun-BZeGIIDgHcusHCxCwInkTjZ4AKpRogSI9LxFuO7eLSmWxRFJaVYKjJrQ3xAA5QsyJfa2NzubZTZclx3FzAVwOQzDec0fD10pOahkDolwxiE/s1600/lion%2527s+head.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe_6bTUV7JctvZX0O1HXuePMYtIzaXun-BZeGIIDgHcusHCxCwInkTjZ4AKpRogSI9LxFuO7eLSmWxRFJaVYKjJrQ3xAA5QsyJfa2NzubZTZclx3FzAVwOQzDec0fD10pOahkDolwxiE/s320/lion%2527s+head.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601357552219477426" /></a>We will return to Lion's Head by next week again. We are planing to hike with my friends who want to hike to Lion's Head. </div><div>We could not find Mr. Cole's cache this time. It's seems to be gone.<br /><div><br /></div><div>By Mitch</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677088818255606573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-53134422776916179582010-10-26T21:27:00.002+10:002011-04-05T22:32:43.013+10:00Hike Group<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Potential hikers. </span></strong>Since I am no longer in Tinian, if someone has interest in taking over this group please contact me (Jude) at: <a href="mailto:heyjude71@hotmail.com">heyjude71@hotmail.com</a> or leave a comment here.heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-72751828418184000142008-09-24T12:14:00.013+10:002008-09-25T13:42:35.573+10:00(Kahet )Tachibana Shinto Shrine Hike, August 2008(Kahet )Tachibana Shinto Shrine Hike, August 2008<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TW75kS69-QpsMfVnFy1LoaMOVglRYBMItlqOz6zLZWOl_r0ddwpcAitsizvNAPScsILs2gzOJQZOmfiWc4y6EE-F9GNyH-8JmriEwwyIVn2cImXcY6uKtoJLqVecs1VLjO_c_UEQGuY/s1600-h/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3%E5%BA%83%E5%A0%B4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249417264334625986" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TW75kS69-QpsMfVnFy1LoaMOVglRYBMItlqOz6zLZWOl_r0ddwpcAitsizvNAPScsILs2gzOJQZOmfiWc4y6EE-F9GNyH-8JmriEwwyIVn2cImXcY6uKtoJLqVecs1VLjO_c_UEQGuY/s320/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3%E5%BA%83%E5%A0%B4.JPG" border="0" /></a>The weather has not been too bad these few days and so I decided to go on a hike to the Tachibana Shinto Shrine. It was not easy to walk in the jungle because it was a lot bushier compared to our last hikes. During the Japanese time the area was called “Kahet” which means orange in Chamorro. They called it Kahet because there were so many orange trees in that area during the Japanese time. The Japanese word “Tachibana” means wild orange.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRgo5dVTJgD9QeZWxiR4m3EOPnEPXDMlq_14vCzkUONyXuNioaNQcvtby-Tw5RpkM6lTSiC0drgrzvCB-RpppYsPrK6DecvXYYBjZSKZiC2JVKvj43yrbs19grZQ20ilaWP_iL9Zl-Xs/s1600-h/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249417269423836610" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRgo5dVTJgD9QeZWxiR4m3EOPnEPXDMlq_14vCzkUONyXuNioaNQcvtby-Tw5RpkM6lTSiC0drgrzvCB-RpppYsPrK6DecvXYYBjZSKZiC2JVKvj43yrbs19grZQ20ilaWP_iL9Zl-Xs/s320/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Tachibana Shrine is covered with growing Tagantagan and grass. The site is about 0.24 miles west from the Seabee Monument. The parking area for the shrine is surrounded by pine trees. The site is about 580 feet from the parking area. The flame tree was planted during the Japanese period and so it is thought that there could be sites of interest where ever those trees are found.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQ2N6JnGsIxndOFRKaGTrzJEoZqCEkafVG10HUeZ1gUGBSpvUaoyGFoKieWGZsONsAlSfQGd18i4kO2T_eAMLbNDGzIc02OLpyPSmkg8V6sJS08icpAb24fIa0QsEdDRh3Pf98ko8ilI/s1600-h/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249417272634330882" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQ2N6JnGsIxndOFRKaGTrzJEoZqCEkafVG10HUeZ1gUGBSpvUaoyGFoKieWGZsONsAlSfQGd18i4kO2T_eAMLbNDGzIc02OLpyPSmkg8V6sJS08icpAb24fIa0QsEdDRh3Pf98ko8ilI/s320/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the jungle where we entered heading to Tachibana Shrine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPzOsd3iZjwKt6YQcWPxOUict2Tc5NeQFauiHq2m5MajKK1Was5DDugtt_NtVVk-RoXCjDqSuNEGNTVcfFqPUDsmLMoNwxe4Nn3j8vxAWxTFtdvmq5I7dI-9SwrzLAjLnBrLBFXYh24A/s1600-h/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249416618645696722" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPzOsd3iZjwKt6YQcWPxOUict2Tc5NeQFauiHq2m5MajKK1Was5DDugtt_NtVVk-RoXCjDqSuNEGNTVcfFqPUDsmLMoNwxe4Nn3j8vxAWxTFtdvmq5I7dI-9SwrzLAjLnBrLBFXYh24A/s320/%E6%A9%98%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF.JPG" border="0" /></a>The photo above is of Lina and Erica hiking in the jungle.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0RhzphiEZR0NVcPKRIF0BlyZaXk7VtJqRBYIX7l4IerH3mAUWKA4fdQg9-Y6SAiuB_YCsdzq1C5zHJ7uapArQgN6jSvKJM11RneSnV_bdG6riyP2gvW7QWxfg7cZiAJscFU-yVAjy0k/s1600-h/%E7%AB%B9%E6%9E%97%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249416630194388786" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0RhzphiEZR0NVcPKRIF0BlyZaXk7VtJqRBYIX7l4IerH3mAUWKA4fdQg9-Y6SAiuB_YCsdzq1C5zHJ7uapArQgN6jSvKJM11RneSnV_bdG6riyP2gvW7QWxfg7cZiAJscFU-yVAjy0k/s320/%E7%AB%B9%E6%9E%97%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF.JPG" border="0" /></a>There are an abundance of bamboo trees in the jungle where the site is. Weeds have difficulty growing in the bamboo tree forest.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8RRtYGnf8QxfaTW8YJOD8X6f-NiAh3-lRSYI2Rp8UBof0rFpNC0OJuMCIa1bBTsRyjitCPwRGESc1EnMwWmgIXV9Sjg9b82__XQ-ZGvnlC8C6Wt4b6POkgxhkwCm_-dPxb2-eWw7yiU/s1600-h/%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249416633224803218" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8RRtYGnf8QxfaTW8YJOD8X6f-NiAh3-lRSYI2Rp8UBof0rFpNC0OJuMCIa1bBTsRyjitCPwRGESc1EnMwWmgIXV9Sjg9b82__XQ-ZGvnlC8C6Wt4b6POkgxhkwCm_-dPxb2-eWw7yiU/s320/%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6.JPG" border="0" /></a>The concrete foundations of the shrine remains and the fence is slowly breaking apart every year. </div><br /><div>We are now on our way to the torii gate. If you walk to the left of the foundation you will be able to find it.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRQqN0P2HJFlteSBxFz34_NF9ZWil_lAVqmYiVKgEQNeI444F-7F8RO6D6b5s2SkHtLyUN0W8bB4E6mj19J-iryvyfHdV6TjsPmCmTJUOA5XIiKhqZupXzyrmERHQyQ0jvpM8Sx2fjbI/s1600-h/Copy+of+Copy+of+000_0511.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249415493545126066" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRQqN0P2HJFlteSBxFz34_NF9ZWil_lAVqmYiVKgEQNeI444F-7F8RO6D6b5s2SkHtLyUN0W8bB4E6mj19J-iryvyfHdV6TjsPmCmTJUOA5XIiKhqZupXzyrmERHQyQ0jvpM8Sx2fjbI/s320/Copy+of+Copy+of+000_0511.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I drew this map so you can easily imagine how they build shrine and placed these structures.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNHvcVOdX36HGoDw5rCBesGVBH1ftJEHP5jnp_REy29Gjz-947bM960aNlq4uqLe5xCwi622pCmRWf69gGrgMf3IS4onvBQU7nzehgwZREw6kEK25c0CgyDCivgZESCM72x9zzAeE2no/s1600-h/1%EF%BD%93%EF%BD%94%E7%81%AF%E7%AF%AD.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249412877091196306" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNHvcVOdX36HGoDw5rCBesGVBH1ftJEHP5jnp_REy29Gjz-947bM960aNlq4uqLe5xCwi622pCmRWf69gGrgMf3IS4onvBQU7nzehgwZREw6kEK25c0CgyDCivgZESCM72x9zzAeE2no/s320/1%EF%BD%93%EF%BD%94%E7%81%AF%E7%AF%AD.JPG" border="0" /></a>This is the first lantern, the top part of the lantern has disappeared.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbSoKdgDrNcFZJ5sFK0UDhQ8wdPkKbrM4GDu3CW_pBtTHvS8aUdtdEWs-G9T3UFx8NH01V_iQ43BJPQNmK5yck65Y7gVwThzyeLszdW8TndT8_4UuI_K07SujQXuVIOKMfkOYyBtsLQw/s1600-h/%E7%81%AF%E7%AF%AD%EF%BC%92.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249412883453803298" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbSoKdgDrNcFZJ5sFK0UDhQ8wdPkKbrM4GDu3CW_pBtTHvS8aUdtdEWs-G9T3UFx8NH01V_iQ43BJPQNmK5yck65Y7gVwThzyeLszdW8TndT8_4UuI_K07SujQXuVIOKMfkOYyBtsLQw/s320/%E7%81%AF%E7%AF%AD%EF%BC%92.JPG" border="0" /></a>The second lantern still has its upper structure intact. I cleared off the lantern area because I could not get a good picture. The vines and weeds covered the entire lanterns<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbSQd29NVaZde38RmfplDjnVQxQTf8TPN9jIqLFigTHhwzDeMxefIuyb5p0NvPvLmgncbs5ZWtRjIBJa73hOvo5l0v9Xq8msSDxcwBge212C8rAnCZPclF9aeM1k-0kIKF6fhrkJDg24/s1600-h/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%EF%BC%91.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249411967295188578" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbSQd29NVaZde38RmfplDjnVQxQTf8TPN9jIqLFigTHhwzDeMxefIuyb5p0NvPvLmgncbs5ZWtRjIBJa73hOvo5l0v9Xq8msSDxcwBge212C8rAnCZPclF9aeM1k-0kIKF6fhrkJDg24/s320/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%EF%BC%91.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the right side of the leg. </div><br /><div>The torii gate between the two lantern lay fallen on the ground. I cleaned the area too because I could not get a good picture of it. I wanted to take a picture of the entire gate but I didn’t have room to back up and so I decided to take a picture for each part of it.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw4SdZm4VA04xuwnL4JLATY9KCrREEn7_V0RZf9NwAQ6qJ40mBqmKZmj8mTEXK4DZwiq1atxzulN9gakjb5ASW4xwOdh8JKyrRKjhUPcumyZBwhX3owTjoNbVdoMcVHaU0quRcSB6cb0/s1600-h/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E5%B7%A6%E8%B6%B3%EF%BC%92.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249412003050749346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw4SdZm4VA04xuwnL4JLATY9KCrREEn7_V0RZf9NwAQ6qJ40mBqmKZmj8mTEXK4DZwiq1atxzulN9gakjb5ASW4xwOdh8JKyrRKjhUPcumyZBwhX3owTjoNbVdoMcVHaU0quRcSB6cb0/s320/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E5%B7%A6%E8%B6%B3%EF%BC%92.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the opposite side of the leg.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu1rtXLA4wCkx1kO4bblVkUh1tuUisf4cJEIgKNPxosjW8Gou2ODWLykmUJMj5ejPT2pS8a9Qsz_PNir1gVAp6zT9ome-A40eTUyaF1QzgG5pGQ8e9rLKBWB39OCfrFwNHOd5mwUfC_c/s1600-h/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E5%85%A8%E6%99%AF.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249412025567373730" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSu1rtXLA4wCkx1kO4bblVkUh1tuUisf4cJEIgKNPxosjW8Gou2ODWLykmUJMj5ejPT2pS8a9Qsz_PNir1gVAp6zT9ome-A40eTUyaF1QzgG5pGQ8e9rLKBWB39OCfrFwNHOd5mwUfC_c/s320/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E5%85%A8%E6%99%AF.JPG" border="0" /></a> I put the two pictures together. (please click the picture to see lager image.)</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7N6Ohj6Hq-SCiLScPiuu7mkHS8FM68g45qTc0rxIOrwstTisCtPTeGKSJIb_oHVBNj-01yNyb36txHmKcodypAY77r_IUgvKArt0RNjvyITQFjDqvd4YhVBGTL3G3p8eco7ITx_twGs/s1600-h/%E6%89%8B%E6%B0%B4%E8%88%8E.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249412048045796066" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7N6Ohj6Hq-SCiLScPiuu7mkHS8FM68g45qTc0rxIOrwstTisCtPTeGKSJIb_oHVBNj-01yNyb36txHmKcodypAY77r_IUgvKArt0RNjvyITQFjDqvd4YhVBGTL3G3p8eco7ITx_twGs/s320/%E6%89%8B%E6%B0%B4%E8%88%8E.JPG" border="0" /></a>There is a washing area for your hands and mouth to purify yourself before entering the shrine. This is a custom that is practiced in Japan.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwizbOr1XZSjhLDkyDHqoXJhQ-Mb4wOfMJAFfxoPXaxMqYXP7pWL_GufOehduG4iM1OX5fBJqwSMKkaxsph9Or2VbktT38wxDvX9sSMevYWii52K_e-WEzbsbaarvMv3j9JP5SSOee8Y/s1600-h/%E9%9A%8E%E6%AE%B5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249410291960534850" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwizbOr1XZSjhLDkyDHqoXJhQ-Mb4wOfMJAFfxoPXaxMqYXP7pWL_GufOehduG4iM1OX5fBJqwSMKkaxsph9Or2VbktT38wxDvX9sSMevYWii52K_e-WEzbsbaarvMv3j9JP5SSOee8Y/s320/%E9%9A%8E%E6%AE%B5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXwqTuVNd1KvcWAw9OkKHwQGRg5hyykgJrHMOf4XcMy_rN46D8oG8GXx7VkTxweWhAq_aAYlnytmquJ_w0OpZFhlHgiTsLmlt4oJmyc7EoI5i_s5pMp72e7llgPCxGKu0br_8qhq-UUM/s1600-h/%E5%9C%9F%E5%8F%B0%EF%BC%92.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249409781149721698" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXwqTuVNd1KvcWAw9OkKHwQGRg5hyykgJrHMOf4XcMy_rN46D8oG8GXx7VkTxweWhAq_aAYlnytmquJ_w0OpZFhlHgiTsLmlt4oJmyc7EoI5i_s5pMp72e7llgPCxGKu0br_8qhq-UUM/s320/%E5%9C%9F%E5%8F%B0%EF%BC%92.JPG" border="0" /></a>There is a concrete foundation and its size is about 16 feet long. It seems to look like a water tank. I'm not sure but it's used to set the deity’s house on top of the stairs.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeQlycUVPdXuBa0fiG2XG1D2FkmXcL2Rl-Mbxp5VFg-kHYHnjDdFKj_GguCbyJ42e8jfYeqCqa2XdnEcVK0LAugJqYUen3WJw1mJlaPRYgebXYKyRBiaF6sVo9Q3s8TDE8GCb_6mjxXg/s1600-h/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E3%81%A8%E7%A7%81.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249409123710665026" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeQlycUVPdXuBa0fiG2XG1D2FkmXcL2Rl-Mbxp5VFg-kHYHnjDdFKj_GguCbyJ42e8jfYeqCqa2XdnEcVK0LAugJqYUen3WJw1mJlaPRYgebXYKyRBiaF6sVo9Q3s8TDE8GCb_6mjxXg/s320/%E9%B3%A5%E5%B1%85%E3%81%A8%E7%A7%81.JPG" border="0" /></a> I am in the picture above. I am pulling up weeds around torii gate area.</div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNelDVLGKbjfQ0_gzSKQA3iX0ASBzN3AG4lveRqq_ivvImmX0xfC7_FqiOHXnVoZ9hX5V0Yvb6aaH1hF01k4UCG1BLY7KEUf7jY6UKPL5CHHgOFQbJBYYraQSR5msfiMetE3rc1uOdA8Q/s1600-h/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249409139153418210" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNelDVLGKbjfQ0_gzSKQA3iX0ASBzN3AG4lveRqq_ivvImmX0xfC7_FqiOHXnVoZ9hX5V0Yvb6aaH1hF01k4UCG1BLY7KEUf7jY6UKPL5CHHgOFQbJBYYraQSR5msfiMetE3rc1uOdA8Q/s320/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B3.JPG" border="0" /></a> We are returning back to the car and on the way back we found this mushroom.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLGWj-pOKfUDKrZ4b_fhpx2lL6vk1swKZ-sb41CPKfriHtAqW3x5zSsd3G58-N0dFuRZpwrwNpNwkzCqkvj6go6dn0MXjXvvObqXPFEBiwT4kd-HNzzygTuZJad8hsHuL_cqMRacKaDQ/s1600-h/%E8%8D%89%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249409147997518690" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLGWj-pOKfUDKrZ4b_fhpx2lL6vk1swKZ-sb41CPKfriHtAqW3x5zSsd3G58-N0dFuRZpwrwNpNwkzCqkvj6go6dn0MXjXvvObqXPFEBiwT4kd-HNzzygTuZJad8hsHuL_cqMRacKaDQ/s320/%E8%8D%89%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC.JPG" border="0" /></a> On our next hike I plan to look for the missing part of the lantern. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>By Mitch<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677088818255606573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-83909531964779700212008-09-11T17:51:00.016+10:002009-01-22T10:08:23.883+10:00Tinian beach old Leprosy sanitarium site<div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tinian</span> beach old Leprosy sanitarium site. July 2008</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVk4y7BLcPDvhTvHeKCZ4Tq4ZLO60j83D9DbypAoLHuwV1ZZ9eZDmNfF8U1oPYfRqjlP3Wg_b__tHY2OGjlDT7ttEgTUG_XltYRbu9XU_nE4xL1oDumKkE7rI_hW5Nho0KzHpJbx255o/s1600-h/Erica+beach+viw1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244730535593365778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVk4y7BLcPDvhTvHeKCZ4Tq4ZLO60j83D9DbypAoLHuwV1ZZ9eZDmNfF8U1oPYfRqjlP3Wg_b__tHY2OGjlDT7ttEgTUG_XltYRbu9XU_nE4xL1oDumKkE7rI_hW5Nho0KzHpJbx255o/s320/Erica+beach+viw1.JPG" border="0" /></a>Erica Beach is also called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tinian</span> Beach, Leprosarium Beach, or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"></span>aka Nasarinu .<br />There was a sanitarium for leprosy patients near Erica beach. Other sanitariums were also built in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Palau</span>, Guam, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Saipan</span>, as well on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tinian</span> at Erica Beach.<br />Erica(My dauter) and I walked on what was left of the sanitarium site.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn2nLM-fFysmbSbPfcbTXAeu84YM2VafLv8b_q6ZqTufCI92iR72EnhBr0R2MGARdPp00rz3NuC1pb7m0F56VVFPw-seG6FCbLVocE1ET-UR5qVD6qiwuXd7wOkub9M2VgzFBLMtZwAE/s1600-h/cemetary+Erica+beach.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244730542370580770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn2nLM-fFysmbSbPfcbTXAeu84YM2VafLv8b_q6ZqTufCI92iR72EnhBr0R2MGARdPp00rz3NuC1pb7m0F56VVFPw-seG6FCbLVocE1ET-UR5qVD6qiwuXd7wOkub9M2VgzFBLMtZwAE/s320/cemetary+Erica+beach.JPG" border="0" /></a>You can get to Erica Beach by turning left of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tinian</span> Dump and there is a fork in the road. If you turn right you can see the graveyard for the leprosy patients who has passed away on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Tinian</span>. If you turn left you will be able to go to Erica Beach.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECNWMpGg6ZsxfCbhAYeaivP2B2SNNSXS0EZSaA03-6uyL7XVqi0swWjkBGXI5GvS4OSHhrix4bmJAs4lwncCHWv_VhKk1LAYl4F0U6G2MAXKfxdy1etDP8dXSVrcWaa4rC3ypIWRWwwM/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244729965766251410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECNWMpGg6ZsxfCbhAYeaivP2B2SNNSXS0EZSaA03-6uyL7XVqi0swWjkBGXI5GvS4OSHhrix4bmJAs4lwncCHWv_VhKk1LAYl4F0U6G2MAXKfxdy1etDP8dXSVrcWaa4rC3ypIWRWwwM/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91.JPG" border="0" /></a>When driving into Erica Beach you can see the entrance to the sanitarium on the left side.<br />You can see the concrete walkways just right after the entrance area.<br />During the World War II, leprosy patients were sent to the sanitarium. It was said that the patients were strictly isolated in this area because they were afraid that the disease was easily transferable which is not true.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2A6CyzumQXG-pOYhBasyZa0TznJREomER4qdidDvKabv4BVwI2avg8DuF9WqeKlyhRMkpWvdYinRVvgJ_6dj5lBFhr-8TxDGEP7GkinReNHQx0c6C4UvtO0-RalYRp9eftwmDW-NsF4/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%98.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244729969256233570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2A6CyzumQXG-pOYhBasyZa0TznJREomER4qdidDvKabv4BVwI2avg8DuF9WqeKlyhRMkpWvdYinRVvgJ_6dj5lBFhr-8TxDGEP7GkinReNHQx0c6C4UvtO0-RalYRp9eftwmDW-NsF4/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%98.JPG" border="0" /></a>The surrounding areas is covered by fresh weeds. This is the second set of stairs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci3ljtpxhrEmkrqij10Wp0Sk4IxaKJxlR2sVjzW7wrSm8iATMqHZurAzeHWi9pJm4BPgHwxySCwtZ29jkVLeZvYEJGPnNGCFdKXGbUCern4zY6Ai9NhTX7fSGPtqYwHGu-tBMg-Ip6uk/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%93.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244729973149113218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci3ljtpxhrEmkrqij10Wp0Sk4IxaKJxlR2sVjzW7wrSm8iATMqHZurAzeHWi9pJm4BPgHwxySCwtZ29jkVLeZvYEJGPnNGCFdKXGbUCern4zY6Ai9NhTX7fSGPtqYwHGu-tBMg-Ip6uk/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%93.JPG" border="0" /></a> There are long sidewalks that seem like they used to be used as hallways for the sanitarium.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqQiiJqnVcnw0IASOcPvRs04Z4QAbGdXh3Wx0sBvPdZJuECAIw-cXUdC4n1_EuoqGMK3nKsbFUAvGtqXA4xSow9T6H0V31WWJ1jQ6Ug80Z1i0cvYyvPf12o2ytDS1dAjx68Ot_9fEWxw/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%91.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244729973573052930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqQiiJqnVcnw0IASOcPvRs04Z4QAbGdXh3Wx0sBvPdZJuECAIw-cXUdC4n1_EuoqGMK3nKsbFUAvGtqXA4xSow9T6H0V31WWJ1jQ6Ug80Z1i0cvYyvPf12o2ytDS1dAjx68Ot_9fEWxw/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%91.JPG" border="0" /></a> There is a pile of cement bags that was used to create some kind of structure. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaUcJmEIbHXI0coo77auV0LX-HP0HJf7SQEjcUX7RErv3ZUPc02jFn9ta-eqhyd7FVqsd94HJ5gXlvNLCVx_riBIc877l3wNjYvyGf_j-0m7RNyVhyPuFdsPk-N5koF-P-xSkAVNQK1A/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244729976120297202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaUcJmEIbHXI0coo77auV0LX-HP0HJf7SQEjcUX7RErv3ZUPc02jFn9ta-eqhyd7FVqsd94HJ5gXlvNLCVx_riBIc877l3wNjYvyGf_j-0m7RNyVhyPuFdsPk-N5koF-P-xSkAVNQK1A/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%90.JPG" border="0" /></a> We were not sure what it was used for.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXFyTBbjv-uQzdXLFz_Vz4YPaDmH_2aRZragN8wv5Tp199COPxTCXxH9_AwPN2t01pbtmfk-SVSGKgW6rIrruA1ahgxVywkwka2JbMGCYjmUrP9YEoi1-ZpFjoJz1emgnNPHAPNyE5dQ/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%99.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244727131433307362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXFyTBbjv-uQzdXLFz_Vz4YPaDmH_2aRZragN8wv5Tp199COPxTCXxH9_AwPN2t01pbtmfk-SVSGKgW6rIrruA1ahgxVywkwka2JbMGCYjmUrP9YEoi1-ZpFjoJz1emgnNPHAPNyE5dQ/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%99.JPG" border="0" /></a>Because there are many snake plants in this area, there might have been a Japanese garden in this area. The Japanese used to use snake plants to build gardens. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dzvkY_gDla_vk08nVMF6dXlZi3N4EIE24dOI0rN02Uj6Pfg_ftbWGEn_oxBjhh2osdFtQqvy6osNSA1R6vVr37O0y4anGGjLARzH4nnsZcY9kRMfbdd5B5LrfEPU21X6XPKn3B1CctM/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%97.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244727132381474354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dzvkY_gDla_vk08nVMF6dXlZi3N4EIE24dOI0rN02Uj6Pfg_ftbWGEn_oxBjhh2osdFtQqvy6osNSA1R6vVr37O0y4anGGjLARzH4nnsZcY9kRMfbdd5B5LrfEPU21X6XPKn3B1CctM/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%97.JPG" border="0" /></a> It looks like a maze in the sanitarium. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICNBjGzfGPPxYa2QQ14SkvGyQUVIgpuh-8kTsimo4osblPyvyg94zm6UhpxFB5uh2S9gVs0_WFc0LuYgerza9OemlwCM-uIzwCDw0j3OhTg4XDTZlQtqUOepKgVhJ8kUDnxIwj_L8T20/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%94.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244727139765464562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICNBjGzfGPPxYa2QQ14SkvGyQUVIgpuh-8kTsimo4osblPyvyg94zm6UhpxFB5uh2S9gVs0_WFc0LuYgerza9OemlwCM-uIzwCDw0j3OhTg4XDTZlQtqUOepKgVhJ8kUDnxIwj_L8T20/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%94.JPG" border="0" /></a> Only the mark of the wall in a square building remains.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXelGrFlQNy615UTz989_DKqqTTYcx7eloNbpuCGMIYGLhjdaqywvPC7u3U5eFvYOnPqw6toDIsshdSmXN8XjGCx-vtFtrXRhLhyphenhyphenE2uflGF64pgkmbKu2mhlgtIJMQxP3WT1-J2a3DHI/s1600-h/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%96.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244727143610311778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXelGrFlQNy615UTz989_DKqqTTYcx7eloNbpuCGMIYGLhjdaqywvPC7u3U5eFvYOnPqw6toDIsshdSmXN8XjGCx-vtFtrXRhLhyphenhyphenE2uflGF64pgkmbKu2mhlgtIJMQxP3WT1-J2a3DHI/s320/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%EF%BC%96.JPG" border="0" /></a> There is a square building structure where Erica is standing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDBCVJQXc73hjD67y54jjra1sYjELVJLi_jpB19d8-H1aplSjq4yCiYlfHecGM77dpV3C-uMOXiV62-PHWDIDC7zY59mVbvzXIHUBf5MyWsU0s4JTRA0Eijj026CCPTkNTPRCVEwyTUg/s1600-h/airo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244725848056198770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDBCVJQXc73hjD67y54jjra1sYjELVJLi_jpB19d8-H1aplSjq4yCiYlfHecGM77dpV3C-uMOXiV62-PHWDIDC7zY59mVbvzXIHUBf5MyWsU0s4JTRA0Eijj026CCPTkNTPRCVEwyTUg/s320/airo.JPG" border="0" /></a>Erica is leaving the site.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr-Zo7CPImFTvYDGru2e2hG1TKHxy_YX3aaOecZnBeRdQncvdrXhyphenhyphenacj8bK3VpudHEnREF2oc8ufgMW4ffWrn3fro_jCCX8CEo1teh95WDj11CzbSZI8ilpQkm__krGwuNRWYlzVXfW4/s1600-h/Ercia+beach+viw2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244725849104914754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr-Zo7CPImFTvYDGru2e2hG1TKHxy_YX3aaOecZnBeRdQncvdrXhyphenhyphenacj8bK3VpudHEnREF2oc8ufgMW4ffWrn3fro_jCCX8CEo1teh95WDj11CzbSZI8ilpQkm__krGwuNRWYlzVXfW4/s320/Ercia+beach+viw2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOON0souGxzPSHPT2g8f1joIt4VUBm4PGOZWf76HDpU1J9QNIkXAn9uMUsb2CPzz3QduqDAtN0REkcz54FuQbtZWUNPMKBzlHDH6kB3svlCTxdqeXwyOTFX123KRpoRayZqOGVDeJv60c/s1600-h/zarigani.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244725848103636578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOON0souGxzPSHPT2g8f1joIt4VUBm4PGOZWf76HDpU1J9QNIkXAn9uMUsb2CPzz3QduqDAtN0REkcz54FuQbtZWUNPMKBzlHDH6kB3svlCTxdqeXwyOTFX123KRpoRayZqOGVDeJv60c/s320/zarigani.JPG" border="0" /></a>There used to be a Guamanian who used to live on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Tinian</span> who was admitted to the sanitarium. He is still alive until this day.<br />After looking through the site we walked down to Erica Beach to pick some shells.<br /></p><p>I asked Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Borja</span> about some facts about the area from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Tinian</span> Historical Preservation Office. I would like to express my thanks to him for telling me about the site.<br /></p><p>By Mitch<br /><br /><br /></p>Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677088818255606573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-51303149937231470862008-05-21T17:10:00.020+10:002008-05-21T20:01:13.253+10:00Westside of Calorinas cliff line and two caves May 17, 2008 <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Oj-2VwNYl0QRumrSffbCSBjV_4AVyVwYyuLLdlMauR7Fi59U5xZyTxGWRbuQq4woHVHSG6AI2aspWCSkHlE7RWcJUWBYX3Ie0FliPleL4UcPCOfhIOmpBzTts4KqQop94UFK8G2pj8/s1600-h/Rose,+Erica,+Kaori+and+Lina.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6Oj-2VwNYl0QRumrSffbCSBjV_4AVyVwYyuLLdlMauR7Fi59U5xZyTxGWRbuQq4woHVHSG6AI2aspWCSkHlE7RWcJUWBYX3Ie0FliPleL4UcPCOfhIOmpBzTts4KqQop94UFK8G2pj8/s320/Rose,+Erica,+Kaori+and+Lina.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202765052912769682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">On Saturday May 17th , Five of us set off to hike under the west side of the Calorinas lime stone forest trail to explore two caves and to hike along the cliff line.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">We are at the grassy parking area near the first cave and we’re going to enter jungle behind it. <span style=""> </span>The picture above is of Rose, Kaori, Erica, and Lina from the left to right. I took this picture.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCjpwqYMn4cidZExlD4CxsVPoo54D9oUuW-7vFPqpqTppA7R6hyphenhyphenelUN6W9B7fvf8VKY-GEF058022sM55mF0-z87rE5OECz7q-PuhF2tiD_TV3utI52GFOyHb9EvcZ7I-MpyQuWL_sAA/s1600-h/going+to+cave+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCjpwqYMn4cidZExlD4CxsVPoo54D9oUuW-7vFPqpqTppA7R6hyphenhyphenelUN6W9B7fvf8VKY-GEF058022sM55mF0-z87rE5OECz7q-PuhF2tiD_TV3utI52GFOyHb9EvcZ7I-MpyQuWL_sAA/s320/going+to+cave+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202727274380433426" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"></span></span>Rose started heading to first cave. This area is great hiking spot for a lime stone forest.<o:p></o:p>It took 5 minutes to get to the first cave from where we parked our car.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FgO0AowlHvPkz9hgvx6ioCTkCVbmh8vTmx5m_hLDDY_G6EncELxZ64clOPY5X9oxVO53afMm3qYZbDNp8lz-V-uUxjqlJ3ao01zXt-BRvbAAhYJOQZsyc_E1_bJX7D-Oslv1Ps8gDeA/s1600-h/Rose+at+cave+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FgO0AowlHvPkz9hgvx6ioCTkCVbmh8vTmx5m_hLDDY_G6EncELxZ64clOPY5X9oxVO53afMm3qYZbDNp8lz-V-uUxjqlJ3ao01zXt-BRvbAAhYJOQZsyc_E1_bJX7D-Oslv1Ps8gDeA/s320/Rose+at+cave+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202728382481995810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Rose is standing in the entrance of the cave which is only about 3x3 feet.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6ifsiGO95hfXx6VJJSEiiM-iTRnV4vDeDYcCfxctJ9uoLA2MoXFkjQAYhYO3OQo9DvwoRxisFxUzJQ2DIJFeH0T5y4EKzqWpP9yOccTkSk2gnSHPR1XRNxWqagsbMaslHfEeXNfprsY/s1600-h/Rose+enter+the+cave1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6ifsiGO95hfXx6VJJSEiiM-iTRnV4vDeDYcCfxctJ9uoLA2MoXFkjQAYhYO3OQo9DvwoRxisFxUzJQ2DIJFeH0T5y4EKzqWpP9yOccTkSk2gnSHPR1XRNxWqagsbMaslHfEeXNfprsY/s320/Rose+enter+the+cave1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202728386776963138" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Rose going down into cave 1.</p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE02qaSxGAe6IU_A3ur-sUFmAB6eZAFmJRkvXc28VRzgggmHV6NpnUuIySu4qnCG33sSouBH5dLcLmMrEHhHcPvcPJGLWC4LJ7l3KXarSZe2NTeOOvHRE2a8dOMi0Y31oY7WC_SURuc4k/s1600-h/plate+cave1+michi.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE02qaSxGAe6IU_A3ur-sUFmAB6eZAFmJRkvXc28VRzgggmHV6NpnUuIySu4qnCG33sSouBH5dLcLmMrEHhHcPvcPJGLWC4LJ7l3KXarSZe2NTeOOvHRE2a8dOMi0Y31oY7WC_SURuc4k/s320/plate+cave1+michi.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202729675267151954" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">After we went down into cave we found a lot of fragments of Japanese ceramic plates and cups. The Japanese used to live in the cave as a shelter during the </span>World War II.</p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqPu6ye0aBvRKXdCqfu04-y1pHIPIYe-kgwCv2ksem96VbWOOTpK5IvbMZTULq3eT2IVloodaLd1xBBgSH2cL7SwjnBli3DqcoIqfDbZui58kZdthuceKlUWWM92pN0-XqdWjslFjTFI/s1600-h/more+go+down+cave1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqPu6ye0aBvRKXdCqfu04-y1pHIPIYe-kgwCv2ksem96VbWOOTpK5IvbMZTULq3eT2IVloodaLd1xBBgSH2cL7SwjnBli3DqcoIqfDbZui58kZdthuceKlUWWM92pN0-XqdWjslFjTFI/s320/more+go+down+cave1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202729675267151970" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">We had to go down into second layer of the cave, so we had to use a rope which was provided by Rose. It was really steep and hard to get down.<br />The picture above is Kaori kneeling down as she began her descent into the second level. Rose was telling Kaori where she should put her foot to step down safely.</p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvFYhCvrkwY2hV11WV8bhCUFyMgd1parbyVgKPqvRgGjZ4Cd6QZcYYz4SnZsBNJc1F3ssol1e3SefjUFdyy2dHoGl0y7fyWYrOQjuEg0UMCoRYYR2gmPrAYpm0gWCGg8AOxQwSsBhKyE/s1600-h/cave+1+%E9%8D%BE%E4%B9%B3%E7%9F%B3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvFYhCvrkwY2hV11WV8bhCUFyMgd1parbyVgKPqvRgGjZ4Cd6QZcYYz4SnZsBNJc1F3ssol1e3SefjUFdyy2dHoGl0y7fyWYrOQjuEg0UMCoRYYR2gmPrAYpm0gWCGg8AOxQwSsBhKyE/s320/cave+1+%E9%8D%BE%E4%B9%B3%E7%9F%B3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202729679562119282" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"></span></span> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">At the Bottom is cave where limestone cave was very beautiful.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYV6EBdeJHMwYCuiHkeTPIqjXMMp3na9GUmqRqf51J34MQ4vvvFCbNEa83m8AObZQwV2nmGDbIWBfDFWJW2a3-r5-Lml4GVfjOpfvJN9qT8w0ds1eZuT5ZarTvs9iSqWDQM3WkX2KGt8/s1600-h/cave+1+bottom.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYV6EBdeJHMwYCuiHkeTPIqjXMMp3na9GUmqRqf51J34MQ4vvvFCbNEa83m8AObZQwV2nmGDbIWBfDFWJW2a3-r5-Lml4GVfjOpfvJN9qT8w0ds1eZuT5ZarTvs9iSqWDQM3WkX2KGt8/s320/cave+1+bottom.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202729679562119298" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The cave’s ceiling was high enough to for us to stand up without bumping our heads. </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Since the entrance was so small, we never thought that the cave was this big. You can see Rose in the background with a flashlight from a distance.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt7WMFPMyPu6ZY_Q-o-1hDxzId03ApfhFN9CkBVvRh_wvIHT3dOq9JNpSccpmMhrp_S9KSPg9cH_g60Zzf9qp7KYlGlqMM5YT2hpmeGVUFIFJG_FWvVegj82hHYjEi9_NnXC7NS70Ums/s1600-h/land+crab.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt7WMFPMyPu6ZY_Q-o-1hDxzId03ApfhFN9CkBVvRh_wvIHT3dOq9JNpSccpmMhrp_S9KSPg9cH_g60Zzf9qp7KYlGlqMM5YT2hpmeGVUFIFJG_FWvVegj82hHYjEi9_NnXC7NS70Ums/s320/land+crab.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202751270362716322" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">This land club lives in bottom of the cave 1.</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" lang="JA"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlibzCRazBbz-B8KYZSSwWqoH2nZ8vdrrhkG1ZKld6r2h6tmQm5qHVZNr_48qp3hrOjCyHNEpQR-neUhnM8dwr1wU8VfqM15RZ9uQQYP0hF0vwKhvfOhyphenhyphenaEXy62s0qxIfXGgVHUUFJWI/s1600-h/cave1+plate.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlibzCRazBbz-B8KYZSSwWqoH2nZ8vdrrhkG1ZKld6r2h6tmQm5qHVZNr_48qp3hrOjCyHNEpQR-neUhnM8dwr1wU8VfqM15RZ9uQQYP0hF0vwKhvfOhyphenhyphenaEXy62s0qxIfXGgVHUUFJWI/s320/cave1+plate.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202751270362716338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><v:shape id="_x0000_i1035" style="width: 356.25pt; height: 249.75pt;" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"></v:shape>A lot of cutlery, plates, and tools have been left behind.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzh_TvYka490jRoH0JY1nqLAxOw-mT9Gyzs5ZlSo5vEb2Ow3t24EXPWkmVF3OVWdsNx1e5KnXkg8EkIyF_BExtrmwNZa6nx4kvVoPX4LbCqS64B4DGYbfXiP88-xI7debgorJe3x6Sh2c/s1600-h/water+container.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzh_TvYka490jRoH0JY1nqLAxOw-mT9Gyzs5ZlSo5vEb2Ow3t24EXPWkmVF3OVWdsNx1e5KnXkg8EkIyF_BExtrmwNZa6nx4kvVoPX4LbCqS64B4DGYbfXiP88-xI7debgorJe3x6Sh2c/s320/water+container.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202753641184663826" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">These look like fuel containers; however they may have been used to store drinking water.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpSTqp2Eh4SqWaWJyFSWn2wRbYPk8qgt-YGJlBUX2_IHmKkHGapE5lXeowKw5jSW-FN6ru6AdKFkFPgdWwZNc8htnfhmOYv4kuxgOBW_3fl4fH_9v-W1zbgjfBgBoLfVf0sFseTGhB9k/s1600-h/rose+with+water+tank.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpSTqp2Eh4SqWaWJyFSWn2wRbYPk8qgt-YGJlBUX2_IHmKkHGapE5lXeowKw5jSW-FN6ru6AdKFkFPgdWwZNc8htnfhmOYv4kuxgOBW_3fl4fH_9v-W1zbgjfBgBoLfVf0sFseTGhB9k/s320/rose+with+water+tank.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202728386776963122" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">There was big container filled with water that has been collected from the dripping water coming from the ceiling of the cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANC4KDM0lwCHmIE4YO_O9wYDkbDgrmh6Wlhfka1nLC1jMidf6bqBlfTxr0S7NuHGofLFjf-B2l7ET48NfOHLkQoZPjhXdsuSoOTyPgJ0TihBireXxf0iGaErNbRyJcbnHnqjqxwbdfgI/s1600-h/deep+inside+cave1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANC4KDM0lwCHmIE4YO_O9wYDkbDgrmh6Wlhfka1nLC1jMidf6bqBlfTxr0S7NuHGofLFjf-B2l7ET48NfOHLkQoZPjhXdsuSoOTyPgJ0TihBireXxf0iGaErNbRyJcbnHnqjqxwbdfgI/s320/deep+inside+cave1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202729679562119314" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Another world not imaginable is in here separated from the outside. White spots appeared on picture above, due to moisture collected on our camera lenses. It looks like a world of fantasy.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_CTbkeD06g_pSk3kitL29ts9eNIriW1MrhK73snCC7-VHdCV0vyh7RWqLvzO1p1_SzQs8qCIU0GuSaO0S7feUo6XVhlKjznAI-iudSHQguy38T3mUvtoEKZ8LAtVtxCISP8TNS-aUPU/s1600-h/big+inside.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_CTbkeD06g_pSk3kitL29ts9eNIriW1MrhK73snCC7-VHdCV0vyh7RWqLvzO1p1_SzQs8qCIU0GuSaO0S7feUo6XVhlKjznAI-iudSHQguy38T3mUvtoEKZ8LAtVtxCISP8TNS-aUPU/s320/big+inside.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202752421413951730" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">It was really wide at the bottom of cave 1.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialVArsa_hjHKf6mx9aIJB8HDtWpP_SFD0reDFMLKZ_YCiqtH4ErQMIdLXn3Xs5e3WQSauMYXUDmKnktt9L_0Lf3G-NZLIL3Mq_lrHeYpW8THJMIcUgueWB5arMBhwatXYyFFV2pnPHls/s1600-h/cave+1+going+back+a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialVArsa_hjHKf6mx9aIJB8HDtWpP_SFD0reDFMLKZ_YCiqtH4ErQMIdLXn3Xs5e3WQSauMYXUDmKnktt9L_0Lf3G-NZLIL3Mq_lrHeYpW8THJMIcUgueWB5arMBhwatXYyFFV2pnPHls/s320/cave+1+going+back+a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202752425708919042" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">It is time to go out from cave 1 because we are going to see the next cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2wBJpT0rwFp9OR-iEf1AIRfJArf1fFA27nTIizPP4j7xVnGFBm_Aw8ZpppsHR3mG1ZQQlu5OXaomlfTTM6Hvtb6vjbZzBoRxLA350wC3aZDPP8vw-XAypB4VTp0AMABH7C6SOZWNRGo/s1600-h/going+out+cave1+b.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2wBJpT0rwFp9OR-iEf1AIRfJArf1fFA27nTIizPP4j7xVnGFBm_Aw8ZpppsHR3mG1ZQQlu5OXaomlfTTM6Hvtb6vjbZzBoRxLA350wC3aZDPP8vw-XAypB4VTp0AMABH7C6SOZWNRGo/s320/going+out+cave1+b.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202753654069565730" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">We climbed out through the entrance of the cave. It was easier to climb out than to climb in.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHpPtG0O4nBYbAEpspLudRf7u-s-quaeCDrq2_JwaKc5T8B-HRonll7AJrSm_7aep0jtmSGl7GQq3ecvZlQMqBqBc8jrblGo4smp55uuERt7qbJqGXB5bMhZ6GgrcmadI4OHmH-ir-jM/s1600-h/going+to+deep+in+jungle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHpPtG0O4nBYbAEpspLudRf7u-s-quaeCDrq2_JwaKc5T8B-HRonll7AJrSm_7aep0jtmSGl7GQq3ecvZlQMqBqBc8jrblGo4smp55uuERt7qbJqGXB5bMhZ6GgrcmadI4OHmH-ir-jM/s320/going+to+deep+in+jungle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202753654069565746" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Everyone enjoyed cave 1 and now we are going to follow the cliff line to the south. Rose is standing in front of the cliff line.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY2pWgDJ3Uu_lz1CeP9lU75st9_lpuH9q0dNe0dlQbVjmt7pPbW0EquQV95GvL7EFaeWGEb_eFrW157AEfZYcK_RkTnIp3W59t-dwqHjWP6rVh1gPH189lbw-rM7rUts4Z1GIy55LOjI/s1600-h/washing+tank.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY2pWgDJ3Uu_lz1CeP9lU75st9_lpuH9q0dNe0dlQbVjmt7pPbW0EquQV95GvL7EFaeWGEb_eFrW157AEfZYcK_RkTnIp3W59t-dwqHjWP6rVh1gPH189lbw-rM7rUts4Z1GIy55LOjI/s320/washing+tank.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202753658364533058" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Before we start hiking Rose showed us the concrete tank near the cliff line.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9cFoWQIoFTTg9VAEW0fPoQxiO-W0cVXMAIecPz2XW1YBaDw9rMddlNLJzQaFPv7DzUf7ZMuI1DoLe1Yy7DZYgPKthTRkGPfq3CM0m7o6AHq-zI0PYySFo99Gu04A7SpT_8JAhCCkaq0/s1600-h/washing+tank+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9cFoWQIoFTTg9VAEW0fPoQxiO-W0cVXMAIecPz2XW1YBaDw9rMddlNLJzQaFPv7DzUf7ZMuI1DoLe1Yy7DZYgPKthTRkGPfq3CM0m7o6AHq-zI0PYySFo99Gu04A7SpT_8JAhCCkaq0/s320/washing+tank+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202756991259154786" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">There were two kinds of shapes; one is round the other one was square. I <span style=""> </span>am not sure what they were used for.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LF_Q6OLcHRolHBR2QSbGkZFBo9r8jvmuyYS3VvrtSgJk2wf2gblkHi8fveA1go39VT3RaBfz_CF2qU7X9p2eNzJJzqjHm8MZJc_sSCkLhhYBEwiNw8V6z7ng7BSStEe5o0vuG45e1Uk/s1600-h/well.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LF_Q6OLcHRolHBR2QSbGkZFBo9r8jvmuyYS3VvrtSgJk2wf2gblkHi8fveA1go39VT3RaBfz_CF2qU7X9p2eNzJJzqjHm8MZJc_sSCkLhhYBEwiNw8V6z7ng7BSStEe5o0vuG45e1Uk/s320/well.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202753658364533074" border="0" /></a> <p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">There was a deep well near the concrete tank. I think that well was full of water from underground in the past because there were collections of water from the drops of water coming from the cave. So I think these tanks were<span style=""> </span>used to collect water from the well.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9PhdJFoDF0l3GT92uEbE5paXg6sAsx3hAuOfhpY2c_plGRjLYmVmaByQlKd12nztNAabx66JWT9vXyDWPYUXBSKSqCxksF0moDrXxE0mfTN6BL_NMhFeTHXeM327siR2SsInkGPv_Xw/s1600-h/going+to+byoobuiwa.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9PhdJFoDF0l3GT92uEbE5paXg6sAsx3hAuOfhpY2c_plGRjLYmVmaByQlKd12nztNAabx66JWT9vXyDWPYUXBSKSqCxksF0moDrXxE0mfTN6BL_NMhFeTHXeM327siR2SsInkGPv_Xw/s320/going+to+byoobuiwa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202756995554122098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">We entered cliff line because Rose wanted to show us the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Okinawan</span></st1:placename><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Monument</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">. Both sides are cliffs of sheer Lime Stone. The Japanese call this area the folding screen rock because the walls are wavy.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvyVpqlUht7NeJSpofQTf1Nv1WlrXLjaY8k2VTNABknPoV2E7eraeyrNEgCHI-E8_rdJeRuN4ONvNuXMyA-EskiYC0hlCooqnYaFd0OSTmdKV6VTPtaRi12dCkB0QbkQmgrGd98qgZS0/s1600-h/nunu+at+near+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvyVpqlUht7NeJSpofQTf1Nv1WlrXLjaY8k2VTNABknPoV2E7eraeyrNEgCHI-E8_rdJeRuN4ONvNuXMyA-EskiYC0hlCooqnYaFd0OSTmdKV6VTPtaRi12dCkB0QbkQmgrGd98qgZS0/s320/nunu+at+near+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202756995554122114" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">I’m standing under big <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Banyans</span>, in Chamorro they’re called <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Nunu</span>.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHg0C9IL0xFSwyqyMI5ghq5d4KUjBmkxnqeXuVpaWZtrXnEgaFGNwX_WSnv4bsfI_yjDpvO15LewiQN4GLfRhpZiTY3Y4o7W4Zm_Q0xKsspi__ZIdP_ytzMcC9BJtUoprRC7stgM2yeg/s1600-h/Ginoza+family+memorial+place.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHg0C9IL0xFSwyqyMI5ghq5d4KUjBmkxnqeXuVpaWZtrXnEgaFGNwX_WSnv4bsfI_yjDpvO15LewiQN4GLfRhpZiTY3Y4o7W4Zm_Q0xKsspi__ZIdP_ytzMcC9BJtUoprRC7stgM2yeg/s320/Ginoza+family+memorial+place.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202756999849089426" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">In the picture above Rose and Erica stand in front of the Monument. This monument was built for the Mr. Ginoza’s family.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBWYsclAsWQJ26gRjWSpLWe-_HJOVINHD2hsQMjGEjePDt3qqD66Zsol8H-9OhDuF_5ccg5HgBWriGot-GoWU4JWtu7OnxYGRQ69MDFCpPPJYNsK97WV9fYfk2qL8DXN0O-SjFW7LZkE/s1600-h/ginoza+monument.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBWYsclAsWQJ26gRjWSpLWe-_HJOVINHD2hsQMjGEjePDt3qqD66Zsol8H-9OhDuF_5ccg5HgBWriGot-GoWU4JWtu7OnxYGRQ69MDFCpPPJYNsK97WV9fYfk2qL8DXN0O-SjFW7LZkE/s320/ginoza+monument.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202760611916585394" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Kaori offers water to the monument in a traditional Japanese style.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BoJ8d0htHz9rbuV6nIRVyZpYRFwz0KCzRd1s3jg7Pm-7l5IEPwdFO7Ap8J8V5VPQ8r57q-HlbU_WcxaetAAarB-mvPlyLTvraN0MADhsJCXPXKIBVKF3bZkCQrQSRaTWgIdzmk_VL8E/s1600-h/goint+to+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BoJ8d0htHz9rbuV6nIRVyZpYRFwz0KCzRd1s3jg7Pm-7l5IEPwdFO7Ap8J8V5VPQ8r57q-HlbU_WcxaetAAarB-mvPlyLTvraN0MADhsJCXPXKIBVKF3bZkCQrQSRaTWgIdzmk_VL8E/s320/goint+to+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202760616211552706" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">A little after the monument we must return to search for the second cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RPURVDObu3Dnj-o15zUHonl1VCNvUj26-GUVI5nYjeRp5RIYcaHyKwMJiJBkknyt68391YcnshBHEpIEuS5e5POyt4vCUOWtP53Of_LO-nN7hWX37T8J6TFiGFRzrjr3FU0Q0LbK1J4/s1600-h/coconuts+crab+baby.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RPURVDObu3Dnj-o15zUHonl1VCNvUj26-GUVI5nYjeRp5RIYcaHyKwMJiJBkknyt68391YcnshBHEpIEuS5e5POyt4vCUOWtP53Of_LO-nN7hWX37T8J6TFiGFRzrjr3FU0Q0LbK1J4/s320/coconuts+crab+baby.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202760616211552722" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">On the way we found baby coconuts crab under the rock.There is a lot of nature around this area.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Rose turned to the left on the way back and she said there is a very interesting cave a short way down south.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6UgwiRJ_kaoOJ79-5aCxAia0S81bArah3G-o50vIhxgRnBVCaMcRdR22nLSKI0kiWEDne9xpeAOuicz6pjteYfB7_kuljPBbp79a1r2X2jn_nLGx7h8Gpf7sPOqQm1w08k6BZ65CvDo/s1600-h/Erica+enter+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6UgwiRJ_kaoOJ79-5aCxAia0S81bArah3G-o50vIhxgRnBVCaMcRdR22nLSKI0kiWEDne9xpeAOuicz6pjteYfB7_kuljPBbp79a1r2X2jn_nLGx7h8Gpf7sPOqQm1w08k6BZ65CvDo/s320/Erica+enter+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202760620506520034" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">This is the entrance of cave 2. Rose has already made it in the cave on her own, and is now waiting for us to follow. Erica trying to enter but it’s really small and hard to get in.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZuOxLAIq4YoYphvnIHSuwE8rPBAzXhStYATj_S5rjqNfK2YRari3sn4JaUrAIX4F6TDTW-HmkqCqqLFuwfIdIPhyphenhyphenV3R5k1CHJifyWrQGFcYZSf03aNF_LTAeC-0rLxbZi4L0umQUNdo/s1600-h/it's+really+small+enterance.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZuOxLAIq4YoYphvnIHSuwE8rPBAzXhStYATj_S5rjqNfK2YRari3sn4JaUrAIX4F6TDTW-HmkqCqqLFuwfIdIPhyphenhyphenV3R5k1CHJifyWrQGFcYZSf03aNF_LTAeC-0rLxbZi4L0umQUNdo/s320/it's+really+small+enterance.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202760620506520050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">She changed her mind and decide to enter legs first.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zn0oQV6HmYhcw97vDtzzgiUdEmO7JYXq4PypL4WQOdRvjUJtVdH_T6JSZZpuZHKg19TiMM2e6w8zV47g-a7fWkvEre-2TmcRGc1QkcQegLRN8bDOMhUwiJKODJq7JuxOJH0QqZ5R-Q4/s1600-h/can't+move.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zn0oQV6HmYhcw97vDtzzgiUdEmO7JYXq4PypL4WQOdRvjUJtVdH_T6JSZZpuZHKg19TiMM2e6w8zV47g-a7fWkvEre-2TmcRGc1QkcQegLRN8bDOMhUwiJKODJq7JuxOJH0QqZ5R-Q4/s320/can't+move.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202762179579648514" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The picture above is Kaori entering cave 2. There is 90 degree steep slope just right after she got into cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWU7QpiQxZ99wTCKLqgtPG1AuuCLKWibYA6cCc-XzuTwAMcEJHA5ca9Np6VRhsGynmrExLLOUdwpXy3aQJRyzOcLdDVylub9PGTralpR7XAl1yjpm802Hhxw_p00jaUk5LAkt8Vfx3Pw/s1600-h/kaori+enter+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWU7QpiQxZ99wTCKLqgtPG1AuuCLKWibYA6cCc-XzuTwAMcEJHA5ca9Np6VRhsGynmrExLLOUdwpXy3aQJRyzOcLdDVylub9PGTralpR7XAl1yjpm802Hhxw_p00jaUk5LAkt8Vfx3Pw/s320/kaori+enter+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202762183874615826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zn0oQV6HmYhcw97vDtzzgiUdEmO7JYXq4PypL4WQOdRvjUJtVdH_T6JSZZpuZHKg19TiMM2e6w8zV47g-a7fWkvEre-2TmcRGc1QkcQegLRN8bDOMhUwiJKODJq7JuxOJH0QqZ5R-Q4/s1600-h/can't+move.JPG"></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Lina took this picture from middle of the cave. It looks like a thick rope but it is a root from plant outside. It was a life line to hold to getting into the cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4K7RJpfzxMplGivgqXonelBwHP6ZfwjR77Rr-xpPSvs0AH99sCW9FNGqOfJvQ0s2NNdsphLZzYuVFiRX5qCo6ZGRkCsal4Jmma_EUTKqqmlvQplyGxmctDQKrDijXLGyiYZfPOLjTnQ/s1600-h/ohh+my+god+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4K7RJpfzxMplGivgqXonelBwHP6ZfwjR77Rr-xpPSvs0AH99sCW9FNGqOfJvQ0s2NNdsphLZzYuVFiRX5qCo6ZGRkCsal4Jmma_EUTKqqmlvQplyGxmctDQKrDijXLGyiYZfPOLjTnQ/s320/ohh+my+god+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202762183874615842" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lina took this picture, too. At last I got into the entrance and trying to reach to the bottom.</span></span></strong></span></p> <p face="arial" style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1XLe2f1S_IuG2S9JtPOAYzINhP0SIRhymaMktkGMbmrCxg_GUqSAX3r6ys7RuwJEWSP4WTsiBTEn9rAGmxLbGO24ZX6ddGxAECulwjI0piJvkSx40CMl82H7-omyFCwHaR2RYaPPkAo/s1600-h/rose+the+bottom+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1XLe2f1S_IuG2S9JtPOAYzINhP0SIRhymaMktkGMbmrCxg_GUqSAX3r6ys7RuwJEWSP4WTsiBTEn9rAGmxLbGO24ZX6ddGxAECulwjI0piJvkSx40CMl82H7-omyFCwHaR2RYaPPkAo/s320/rose+the+bottom+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202763541084281426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Rose was already on the bottom and leading us deeper into the cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLJFEGheMpyMk5yqqL4xQqtGyuCvnzExrUg27qNi-X7UmZl4p0VQOIrbWAkKi83HrBZ4Cvm7g7lnVGl6mr7wqko0IjO-nvCTW1DowVZsD1KpuJvQZE-O4aiRtwxOseUUjkJvtgWKi9hM/s1600-h/Lina+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLJFEGheMpyMk5yqqL4xQqtGyuCvnzExrUg27qNi-X7UmZl4p0VQOIrbWAkKi83HrBZ4Cvm7g7lnVGl6mr7wqko0IjO-nvCTW1DowVZsD1KpuJvQZE-O4aiRtwxOseUUjkJvtgWKi9hM/s320/Lina+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202763549674216034" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">It’s looks quite narrow at the bottom of the cave but this is just a part of the it and there is a more wide area ahead.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lG0JgFABet2_Kudm6MvVfd16heiYBGn1s-s3-H9rjps_Fg-3Skao05zsYn-ua7fx8w0cq0e10hPqIq_DnVjjnZmKbKiaw1LP_FNGBFwPtv5G4KvqJWmmSx5qw4IbLHJ2-ffRyWygPlE/s1600-h/water+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lG0JgFABet2_Kudm6MvVfd16heiYBGn1s-s3-H9rjps_Fg-3Skao05zsYn-ua7fx8w0cq0e10hPqIq_DnVjjnZmKbKiaw1LP_FNGBFwPtv5G4KvqJWmmSx5qw4IbLHJ2-ffRyWygPlE/s320/water+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202762188169583154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">It was not big as the first cave but there is pool on the bottom of this cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4f_wiIWp-jiz9YgHMAMNLrggazQ_LIoD_B9iylxqp6Kz7-ZwFyV0UtDvswU964fOKwePA18euMClhLbWqm3bK2zfxuSSO4f5zFG6a_BsbgAo4pA7_ND4vGq5B5iuP13mp6lf-N6fgHQI/s1600-h/Erica+water+cave2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4f_wiIWp-jiz9YgHMAMNLrggazQ_LIoD_B9iylxqp6Kz7-ZwFyV0UtDvswU964fOKwePA18euMClhLbWqm3bK2zfxuSSO4f5zFG6a_BsbgAo4pA7_ND4vGq5B5iuP13mp6lf-N6fgHQI/s320/Erica+water+cave2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202762188169583170" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The water was cool and little salty. It’s really clear and beautiful place.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB6KXMa_roy9LKyoiygjQKpEk9grutBsrWM3CHroIcf7lvfWzlYg5OgAb7wCwR7rMtHfDaEjN7s4DrKFipP5H06MfoRqrYwyfJ-Y8zGwAhGoxrKZelL8F1v4nXygDJ9huLMtKU_2Ad2o/s1600-h/water+cave+2+nice.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB6KXMa_roy9LKyoiygjQKpEk9grutBsrWM3CHroIcf7lvfWzlYg5OgAb7wCwR7rMtHfDaEjN7s4DrKFipP5H06MfoRqrYwyfJ-Y8zGwAhGoxrKZelL8F1v4nXygDJ9huLMtKU_2Ad2o/s320/water+cave+2+nice.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202763553969183346" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The water is dropping from the ceiling. If the flashlights were turned off you were unable to see anything. It’s absolutely dark world here in the cave.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPekSxPFl5hQOi0h5cW_5UMdUBklgiAxuViLwY7tgzHquWDd-FV6xroxvOnW4d29Cqh4_2_5UaDL6lvqNt90zXjzoWSGjol-7k30egcHRG-6cPKzZlS8uxCT0ZA_HLTcxwZpDNrcUDj5g/s1600-h/almost+out+cave+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPekSxPFl5hQOi0h5cW_5UMdUBklgiAxuViLwY7tgzHquWDd-FV6xroxvOnW4d29Cqh4_2_5UaDL6lvqNt90zXjzoWSGjol-7k30egcHRG-6cPKzZlS8uxCT0ZA_HLTcxwZpDNrcUDj5g/s320/almost+out+cave+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202763553969183362" border="0" /></a> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">It’s time to go back to outside because our flashlight has been used for a long period time… and we worry about being stuck in the caves while it’s pitch black.</span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRunMxub5ehCqKNhUxLmbCh3fzAKpe3UPx-ArGKyAopp3_8_X7_Kyz_9wHbA_H9vcBuBBEVb6DfjD681J8kRaCB_BZpi3OB5-SCI5FbVXq9iUJx-VVE65wNbPFLeQye6LJbxr6TkUIEwA/s1600-h/Group+pics.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRunMxub5ehCqKNhUxLmbCh3fzAKpe3UPx-ArGKyAopp3_8_X7_Kyz_9wHbA_H9vcBuBBEVb6DfjD681J8kRaCB_BZpi3OB5-SCI5FbVXq9iUJx-VVE65wNbPFLeQye6LJbxr6TkUIEwA/s320/Group+pics.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202752417118984418" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Everyone was out of the cave safely with Rose’s lead and we were happy to see this cave 2. In the picture from left to right, Kaori, Lina, me, Erica and Rose.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:14;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >We would like to say big thanks to Rose who led us this great hike.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:14;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><o:p> </o:p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Everyone is welcome to join these hikes </span></strong></span></div> <div align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ></span></strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >or to suggest hikes they can lead.</span></strong> </span></div></span></span>Mitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677088818255606573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-10563755150489573262008-05-05T21:00:00.007+10:002008-10-13T05:12:03.440+10:00May Hike<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><strong>Everyone is welcome for these hikes.</strong></span> </div><p><br />So far, only one hike is scheduled for May.<br /><strong>Saturday May 3 - no hike due to San Jose Fiesta</strong>.<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Saturday May 10 - </strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">NOTE: This hike has been re-scheduled for May 17. Meet at Jude's - ie: San Nicolas apt bldg near Kammer Beach at</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"> 8:00am</span> </span></strong></p><p><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Cave. Rose Lazaro will join us and will lead a hike to a cave near the old target range on the way up toward Suicide Cliff. </strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Depending on how long this hike lasts we may go find some other caves on the way up toward the animal sancturary. </span></strong><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Grace Christian parking lot. </strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Bring your flashlight. </span></strong><br /><br /></p>heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-78203886352516697242008-05-05T19:18:00.015+10:002008-05-06T18:57:26.180+10:00April 4 and 26, 2008 Return to TachongaFirst let me apologize for the untimeliness of this hike write-up. Excuses are cheap so I could give you many but the most truthful is that I just HATE doing the blog. If blogging is as tedious for everyone as I find it I doubt there'd be so many zillions of blogs. So there must be something I just don't 'get' about doing it. But for now on with it.<br /><br />There have actually been two hikes back to the Tachonga Lattes this month. On April 4th, three of us, Mitch, Lina and myself set out to see the lattes and to search for another set of the stones. On the way we stopped to watch a crab on the beach who cooperatively posed for our cameras.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9cQ1VqyH3Hb8GDc46pLVLxJOpeh2JZ8bw7dE7BpL4G1R_3ma8bd4_Q09VHUO8XTaGsfDInzv32S1Wj_lYRLsuExKoKpFPjYdaaPJtQL2ngSke7NnBvqPJ5TrVMQVNpJl3ndfv6TUGiVT/s1600-h/1+crab.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827918315530114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9cQ1VqyH3Hb8GDc46pLVLxJOpeh2JZ8bw7dE7BpL4G1R_3ma8bd4_Q09VHUO8XTaGsfDInzv32S1Wj_lYRLsuExKoKpFPjYdaaPJtQL2ngSke7NnBvqPJ5TrVMQVNpJl3ndfv6TUGiVT/s320/1+crab.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then we plunged into the jungle where we soon spotted an animal looking rock. We decided it must be a gaurdian rock as it is near the beginning of the trail we take to the latte stone site.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3V93fLF1TQJYCuetGP6FIffoF7nuu_5xbITwBLXLTlgAL4QBxf9apmT5HgHoggGHv3ibbmL_ECfcdpGHAW8jsVYBsiZv_onMzODW2CKU8_mnlqx7P0B8aKXgM_WaEESTE0wPEia7PtJp/s1600-h/2+guard+stone.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827918315530130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3V93fLF1TQJYCuetGP6FIffoF7nuu_5xbITwBLXLTlgAL4QBxf9apmT5HgHoggGHv3ibbmL_ECfcdpGHAW8jsVYBsiZv_onMzODW2CKU8_mnlqx7P0B8aKXgM_WaEESTE0wPEia7PtJp/s320/2+guard+stone.JPG" border="0" /></a> Continuing onward, we came to the grinding stone. Lina tried her hand at grinding. Grinding stones were once used in this area to grind grain into to meal - I think.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5f31Mb0Q6NhmKy1Jm475EMWmEf39yzXoUuxIwBHxNL02AWMSCLFe_OnsahuKwbH3fy6WQrOXb5txWM4V1o-A1b-rxvUBgVJLVpKzOC_n3lYlAr4SqUCpiKNwUlf73J_YE9zIE_PD8AX4/s1600-h/3+Lina+grinding.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827922610497442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5f31Mb0Q6NhmKy1Jm475EMWmEf39yzXoUuxIwBHxNL02AWMSCLFe_OnsahuKwbH3fy6WQrOXb5txWM4V1o-A1b-rxvUBgVJLVpKzOC_n3lYlAr4SqUCpiKNwUlf73J_YE9zIE_PD8AX4/s320/3+Lina+grinding.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking off to the right , we could already see our old friends the lattes. The growth around them was low and light and the sun was in a good postition for getting a picture of several of them at once. Given the spacing of the still upright pillar stones, if these were used as the base for a house or other building (as is assumed today) it must have been a very long one.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQofxhTTqY7alddWEj-hSqy7_cOu9udLxB74E6ofebaOYRRvnkSVCeWQ437ILGg0AgzfWlE-In2tzF1VATFxQhV_9gi8l20iy8oieYm9-mANVRWERhkrqcP1uX_a-6dnEeKC1ey6rey_rW/s1600-h/4+our+old+friends.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827922610497458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQofxhTTqY7alddWEj-hSqy7_cOu9udLxB74E6ofebaOYRRvnkSVCeWQ437ILGg0AgzfWlE-In2tzF1VATFxQhV_9gi8l20iy8oieYm9-mANVRWERhkrqcP1uX_a-6dnEeKC1ey6rey_rW/s320/4+our+old+friends.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lina wanted to sit on top of one of the pillars, but never quite made it to the top. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhR1eX4eOTD1dTePLvFYB8FpnG87OO15AALG398LifvhIOD5UiHXvZJrTHmGl-KGGdWCLSQunu1C8dUVqnjeXKnpARa9imsYJIG2nrj1PChCYJWvTLzL3DLE1kTf2zNrOFuNYR__dX7m8/s1600-h/5+lina+climbing+on.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827093681809202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhR1eX4eOTD1dTePLvFYB8FpnG87OO15AALG398LifvhIOD5UiHXvZJrTHmGl-KGGdWCLSQunu1C8dUVqnjeXKnpARa9imsYJIG2nrj1PChCYJWvTLzL3DLE1kTf2zNrOFuNYR__dX7m8/s320/5+lina+climbing+on.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ater strolling around the lattes we went over to see the huge umumu tree near them. There the ever alert Mitch spotted a bird's nest with 3 eggs in it. We were careful not to touch the nest and only tipped the branch far enough to see into it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7qJMWhgUMKU07wZ7vj-I_D-L494uhlWjBBOSzWsXn8puhn_13N7YwIEU1GpDaVCpiNCx6AVHg8g0lblBdl-nnloyYOlh6imFUOq2YCGeiJoI93iFNHRCkOnykzquY85RrD7qx4Y1GwLQ/s1600-h/6+nest.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827097976776514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7qJMWhgUMKU07wZ7vj-I_D-L494uhlWjBBOSzWsXn8puhn_13N7YwIEU1GpDaVCpiNCx6AVHg8g0lblBdl-nnloyYOlh6imFUOq2YCGeiJoI93iFNHRCkOnykzquY85RrD7qx4Y1GwLQ/s320/6+nest.JPG" border="0" /></a> Next we began our search going northward. There are other stones nearby that we knew about but we wanted to find another set of lattes that we knew should be in the area but that we'd never seen. After a short hike we came to a rather clear grassy area with clusters of limestones.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvozVyR4OlayLL-nBHYMPhNFCCOSZOByFPo02bVTifpt12WK8VYcmp6BOsFhvH6OMCHl3lGx806RrUdgk48K8zoX1oNh45yccvWNLTkPriaU9cNrIGrXAmZtaBZhb0qRPVI4b1h5LZ59cz/s1600-h/7+new+smaller+set.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827097976776530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvozVyR4OlayLL-nBHYMPhNFCCOSZOByFPo02bVTifpt12WK8VYcmp6BOsFhvH6OMCHl3lGx806RrUdgk48K8zoX1oNh45yccvWNLTkPriaU9cNrIGrXAmZtaBZhb0qRPVI4b1h5LZ59cz/s320/7+new+smaller+set.JPG" border="0" /></a> After clearing some of the tall grass we could see that we'd been successful and had found another set of lattes. These are considerably smaller and closer together than the others.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXptVNFNwK25vLWw81GBhOgnlNAbxaP8tY4Rn1s_jBVPun38qkNzjSG2OsWDwMMOjM5o1WP72voz1KQ8sqxqTh7hQSBhZ9OC_7lxwqtB895JsSRO-D8LQcF0qDxYg0GeM77SGbS7GKZXT/s1600-h/8+new+set.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827102271743842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXptVNFNwK25vLWw81GBhOgnlNAbxaP8tY4Rn1s_jBVPun38qkNzjSG2OsWDwMMOjM5o1WP72voz1KQ8sqxqTh7hQSBhZ9OC_7lxwqtB895JsSRO-D8LQcF0qDxYg0GeM77SGbS7GKZXT/s320/8+new+set.JPG" border="0" /></a> We continued onward but the boonie bee presence became too evident and after I was stung on the hand we decided to head for the beach. We came to a stand of banana plants suggesting that this was once an inhabited area but saw no more lattes. We were always in earshot of the ocean so it wasn't long before it came into view and we left the jungle behind.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoUCDacpr22skbhjzpXmvo1Jb75q9TnsVSGZJh99UbxC6ghtLoyYyvPzcMXmBmxjHoynryY-_OM7ONXmwNhrUgQoPfXTNStgGQ2AM1VN4xFocICbF8bLymbpfVSqHg2tKU4UUiH_DJ25d/s1600-h/9+came+out+to+ocean.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196827102271743858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoUCDacpr22skbhjzpXmvo1Jb75q9TnsVSGZJh99UbxC6ghtLoyYyvPzcMXmBmxjHoynryY-_OM7ONXmwNhrUgQoPfXTNStgGQ2AM1VN4xFocICbF8bLymbpfVSqHg2tKU4UUiH_DJ25d/s320/9+came+out+to+ocean.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Almost back at the beach we paused to admire a newly sprouted coconut and to marvel at its ability to thrive in the sandy floor of the light jungle area near the beach. </span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196826273343055586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9-tkcc3wAgSZphnJs44SYMMAmyhSOW1-dJeiHuAh1_7rhBjL5lJlgl8VZATrElWTZRraK0sb9gkxl0vB88__6qLVw95FEIrl_Wo2lGdZb4v4GHa6QL3V452tWM5cOirja6yVYUdBGIGF/s320/10+newly+sprouted+coconut.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p>On April 26, 2008 the same three of us plus Erika and Kim went back. This time on the way down the beach we saw something in the water. At first we thought turtle but then decided it was not. Perhaps a large fish eating something. We didn't actually get a picture of it as it would only be partially visible on the surface for seconds at a time. Mitch took this picture of the rest of us trying to figure out what it was.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8is2FFcZpCfxrQTV4cGjL1yU9TO4z02_yX02FjDs6At2RrpPrYz8EUCTzGLZUn0eVb0RVRRCfdf37kD8Pnr-GZD-LfF6cQ4vThX9ixmPihV4POc0SbjsueFgayL_D02De-ElCIk16CzcO/s1600-h/11+saw+something.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196826277638022898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8is2FFcZpCfxrQTV4cGjL1yU9TO4z02_yX02FjDs6At2RrpPrYz8EUCTzGLZUn0eVb0RVRRCfdf37kD8Pnr-GZD-LfF6cQ4vThX9ixmPihV4POc0SbjsueFgayL_D02De-ElCIk16CzcO/s320/11+saw+something.JPG" border="0" /></a> When we got to the grinding stone Kim took her turn at grinding.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR21ku0DEhwCGlr9LkWYeVPqViQgB2b4JIKaEAidIARqpZ9dVmbGF0byJ2AVDjozyjX2QQGmalYAlgJWzxgEYn9gSvIwl1zdJ1tRMRS2qt1ErxOLLo3oVOQev1rXZIihY-flmn1kyEuV7x/s1600-h/12+kim+takes+a+turn+at+grinding.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196826277638022914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR21ku0DEhwCGlr9LkWYeVPqViQgB2b4JIKaEAidIARqpZ9dVmbGF0byJ2AVDjozyjX2QQGmalYAlgJWzxgEYn9gSvIwl1zdJ1tRMRS2qt1ErxOLLo3oVOQev1rXZIihY-flmn1kyEuV7x/s320/12+kim+takes+a+turn+at+grinding.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then Kim, Mitch and I posed on the 'teacup' stone of one of the lattes for the obligatory picture. Since only Kim had never been here before we took less pictures than usual this trip.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZYOK2TXi7pZ_Y8ek8f3F_4WgSPjv_pkroCn3C3pHJ9nP4pliGF02jEIKFlTLnY9EpUUEBfKNUUYSaQun2WZTTG9yAFUxD1pS5E0zwFydTIli6O2POJJO9TkswDcUv9HQO2XnUgFuh7Qt/s1600-h/13+stopped+at+usual+lattes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196826281932990226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZYOK2TXi7pZ_Y8ek8f3F_4WgSPjv_pkroCn3C3pHJ9nP4pliGF02jEIKFlTLnY9EpUUEBfKNUUYSaQun2WZTTG9yAFUxD1pS5E0zwFydTIli6O2POJJO9TkswDcUv9HQO2XnUgFuh7Qt/s320/13+stopped+at+usual+lattes.JPG" border="0" /></a> We showed Kim the umumu tree and the now empty bird's nest. It looked a bit worse for the wear. We could see right through it in spots. I suppose, like our own homes, they require maintenance and quickly deteriorate when vacated.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2W0zjZ3V_pjvj3I-NIbglMFwzSWocGIVmno-aFVkDQGsFq-3H-fRLR7JXXl4ChMSRBhiUzGgzDKwzIXKUK0GRKq-xt9ezhyphenhyphenvdQ69awJUlxsbpkY2l9FALqOHE0d0402zl0a3Fpx_ig-V/s1600-h/14+a+bit+worse+for+the+wear.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196826286227957538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2W0zjZ3V_pjvj3I-NIbglMFwzSWocGIVmno-aFVkDQGsFq-3H-fRLR7JXXl4ChMSRBhiUzGgzDKwzIXKUK0GRKq-xt9ezhyphenhyphenvdQ69awJUlxsbpkY2l9FALqOHE0d0402zl0a3Fpx_ig-V/s320/14+a+bit+worse+for+the+wear.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then we set off toward the new (to us) set of lattes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEpGXO7RGaxd8wrOlzgYpaCJaadpd8J0ykW_UiPewdfyQVTV9d12D6NsfNiMdPDwSVGG9GRoeLLpmGSXOTVYvSoarWhit9-pitMXfne0M5OUKmwaDXyLiGe6Omo-LV5cPeANEk3VxfCo4/s1600-h/15+made+way+to+next+set.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196825547493582482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEpGXO7RGaxd8wrOlzgYpaCJaadpd8J0ykW_UiPewdfyQVTV9d12D6NsfNiMdPDwSVGG9GRoeLLpmGSXOTVYvSoarWhit9-pitMXfne0M5OUKmwaDXyLiGe6Omo-LV5cPeANEk3VxfCo4/s320/15+made+way+to+next+set.JPG" border="0" /></a> This time, they seemed much closer. Once again, Mitch is the photographer for this shot of Kim, Lina, Erika and me resting on one set of the the fallen lattes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGLOdlsIfObmCOnSDoLlqQJGzgGhBuqwwkvycJgLsMfYXDMnUCJZF9z1-m-KiUzSY2IK7DgzlKwjSC-fjTaoqjCvAU1kIbgaJ0MaGmG42qPueNtwbqpbU5nfwXMLb_whJC7DixLz09KIw/s1600-h/16+posing+on+one+set.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196825551788549794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGLOdlsIfObmCOnSDoLlqQJGzgGhBuqwwkvycJgLsMfYXDMnUCJZF9z1-m-KiUzSY2IK7DgzlKwjSC-fjTaoqjCvAU1kIbgaJ0MaGmG42qPueNtwbqpbU5nfwXMLb_whJC7DixLz09KIw/s320/16+posing+on+one+set.JPG" border="0" /></a> Having already run into boonie bees and knowing the likelihood of many more if we continured on we opted to go back and exit to the beach via our usual path. Even though that meant skirting the nest of bees where I'd already been stung on the other hand from last time. We made it back without mishap. At the beach we examined the shell only of another kind of crab.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkeBOm73s1q8t5YMj-OPi2eu11NZzxvEFfBr4CGfV-HD1t18kA_Awua6p68Z4EzN5qSSAE0Z75_qlP2xwrlP3Mc4YrNz-bdITyXUjZ9rSVbaMZgqlSDnfyNRtfpYxhRHM3NqAEqVbhH8J/s1600-h/17+a+diff+crab.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196825551788549810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkeBOm73s1q8t5YMj-OPi2eu11NZzxvEFfBr4CGfV-HD1t18kA_Awua6p68Z4EzN5qSSAE0Z75_qlP2xwrlP3Mc4YrNz-bdITyXUjZ9rSVbaMZgqlSDnfyNRtfpYxhRHM3NqAEqVbhH8J/s320/17+a+diff+crab.JPG" border="0" /></a> That day I was in treatment for an abcessed molar which had me fighting off a migraine and with a new bee sting, as much as I love snorkelling, at that point I opted to go home. The others enjoyed a very uncrowded Tachonga beach.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Uq2MeRpAPN9MVUbGw4KLHdnlSJGHiY_pjg5HaqeHp6XewqHmJ2j5CfZPPYNmx1EoyWNAaec25IaLbHTqIqdo-umeYvh22v9fdjs4-rWQ0iHJa9K1muXqYQ56MFrj9r187LeUTZ-Vbnx/s1600-h/18+others+snorkelled.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196825556083517122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Uq2MeRpAPN9MVUbGw4KLHdnlSJGHiY_pjg5HaqeHp6XewqHmJ2j5CfZPPYNmx1EoyWNAaec25IaLbHTqIqdo-umeYvh22v9fdjs4-rWQ0iHJa9K1muXqYQ56MFrj9r187LeUTZ-Vbnx/s320/18+others+snorkelled.JPG" border="0" /></a> Both verbal reports and pictures taken indicate that the snorkelling was great!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzulBdadqNhXcigQKK3dszvUiiSc3hhyty7u6zIJe7Ur_gC3ADauTfaF93AFbqsenjcf4wGC6PUBkeJkeHckQOfYAtOWkkn95BquiRywZwmK0y1nRzbtuDQA6evtUViYxjyk-Kk0IApyT/s1600-h/19+worth+it.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196825556083517138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzulBdadqNhXcigQKK3dszvUiiSc3hhyty7u6zIJe7Ur_gC3ADauTfaF93AFbqsenjcf4wGC6PUBkeJkeHckQOfYAtOWkkn95BquiRywZwmK0y1nRzbtuDQA6evtUViYxjyk-Kk0IApyT/s320/19+worth+it.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br />I want to thank Lina and Mitch for providing most of the pictures this time.heyjudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375565076867466874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8703171124954424197.post-75238124889840788212008-04-27T09:01:00.003+10:002008-04-27T09:28:58.308+10:00Mt. Lasu Shrine Area GPS CoordinatesHi Everyone. I said I would publish GPS coordinates for Tinian on this site every now and then. So, I am going to start with the Mount Lasu area. If you happen to visit Tinian, bring a GPS with you so that you can find some of the more interesting sites on Tinian.<br /><br />The first is the small hill that used to hold the Japanese Radar on Tinian. It is just to the north of the Shinto Shrine on top of Mt. Lasu. N15 degrees 02.495 minutes, E145 degrees 37.803 minutes.<br /><br />The next coordinate is to an old crane from World War II. To get to this old crane, you need to get below the cliff that the shrine is on. To do this, to the stairs that go up to the shrine. If you look carefully to the south, just before going up the stairs, there is a train that goes into the Jungle. This trail leads to an old cattle guard and road that takes you below the cliff. As you follow the trail, you will get to an area with a small stone wall to your left, you will be above the wall. You need to leave the road at this point and head north along the cliff. N15 degrees 02.466 minutes, E145 degrees 37.810 minutes.<br /><br /><br />The next coordinate is for the Bomb Cave. This is a cave is full of artillery shells left by the Japanese from World War II. This cave is to the north from the crane. On the way to this cave, just past the crane is the remains of the old Japanese radar. Once at the radar remains, I have found it best to go down the slope to the flatter terrace area and than climb back up the slope to this cave. N15 degrees 02.569 minutes, E145 degrees 37.867 minutes<br /><br />Right next to the Bomb Cave is the Window Cave. The Window Cave has a huge stone wall, built by the Japanese, with a window in the wall. It is one of the most interesting features along this cliff below the shrine. N15 degrees 02.587 minutes, E145 degrees 37.852 minutes<br /><br />South of the Shrine, along the ridge line, is an old Japanese tunnel that cuts through the ridge. It is hard to find, but once located, it is easy to get back to. N15 degrees, 02.408 minutes, E145 degrees 37.781 minutes<br /><br />Once through this tunnel, if you go to the north a little, there is another cave made by the Japanese. Once at this cave, if you head down the slope a little ways but not all the way to the bottom, and go south, following the cliff, you will find more caves and remains from World War II.<br /><br />The last set of coordinates I have for this area are for a saddle in the ridge line south of the Shrine. This was one of my favorite places on Tinian because there was always a good breeze here and it was shaded. N15 degrees 02.352 minutes, E145 degrees 37.776 minutes<br /><br />I do miss Tinian and the freedom to hike about any place you wanted to go. Maybe one of these years I will return.The Hikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259633918613984636noreply@blogger.com1