Beach Party

On March 14th, the group will fly to Iwo Jima for the day, visiting landing beaches, memorial sites, Green Beach, the base and top of Suribachi, the Naval Gun revetments, Hospital Cave, General Kuribayashi's HQ cave, and much more before returning to Guam at sunset. Upon their return, members will complete their visit to Guam by going to sites of cultural significance, relics from Guam’s Spanish period, and the Gef Pa’go Chamorro Cultural Village in the southern village of Inarajan.

Once you have drawn yourself away from the views, you can explore the craft markets, which seem to be the most authentic I have seen in any town in this country. You may also indulge in some fantastically creamy Italian ice-cream before embarking on a walk across the vast windswept beach, which reaches out from the medina like a giant tick, flanked by hotels, bars and windsurfing shacks. If you are not too afraid of food poisoning (my lacklustre companions are), you can sample some fresh sardines fried over beds of dried wood which burst with oil and flavour.

While most Jersey Shore towns like Sea Isle City consider May to be the first major beach vacation month because of Memorial Day and college students getting out of school, April can often provide you with idyllic San Diego like temperatures and climate.

Although I had never envisaged kayaking to be ‘my thing’ - I tend to leave most water sports to Keith, I actually felt quite excited about our trip. We were up early to arrive at the office for 8.30am. On walking into the reception area I spotted Claire, our fellow traveller from South America! It is indeed a small world.

The island boasts numerous sheltered beaches, where it is safe to swim and where there is an infrastructure for children’s games, which can entertain the little ones for many days. There are also many specific centres where the tastes of all age groups can be satisfied, such as water parks, theme parks and fairgrounds, games centres, internet entertainment centres and public parks that have facilities for children.

Normally when it’s cold, I just stay home. Today as I was running around, I was reminded of the Polar Bear Club. You know those idiots who put on swimsuits and jump in the lake on New Year’s Day? Yeah, those guys.

There is no truth to the rumor that Assemblywoman Allen intends to offer an amendment to AB 86 requiring welfare recipients to wear a life vest when in a canoe.

We love Tyra’s “I Swear I’m Not Fat” Tour more than anybody, but we’re not looking forward to seeing her squeeze into that polka dot bikini again. Is anybody looking forward to that? Seriously… we need to know.