Anna, Andrea, and I spent Saturday and Sunday in Tinian. It’s a small island located about 5 miles from us..you can see it from the beach we normally hang out at. We took a very small plane over-the entire flight was 10 minutes! There isn’t much on Tinian. In fact, one lady said she thought less than 5000 people lived there. Its mostly green trees when you fly over it. However, all of us needed a break and it was on my list of things I wanted to do before I move home.
We got there Saturday around lunchtime, checked in to our awesome room, and went exploring. We found this amazing little cove with the clearest water and we were the only people there which was so nice. Andrea and I found some rocks we could jump off of so this kept us entertained while Anna sunbathed. Then we rented scooters to go exploring around the island. Since there was three of us, Andrea drove one and I drove the other. I am pretty sure those poor rental people thought they were signing my death wish. They made me practice a little which was pathetic at first, but after a few minutes, I got the hang of it and by the time we took them back I was getting pretty good and kinda want one:)
Tinian was the island on which they assembled the bomb that they dropped on Hiroshima and it was pretty instrumental in WWII so there are some pretty neat sights to see. It was amazing to me that so much was still there. There is even a whole section of the island still blocked off due to the amount of unexploded ordinance in it. We were also there during their annual Hot Pepper Festival-the one thing Tinian is known for. I didn’t actually eat any hot peppers, I have heard horror stories of how hot they are, but we did get to see some really neat cultural dancing.
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| Anna, Andrea, and I in our aviators:) |
The hotel also had an awesome pool we relaxed by Sunday morning before heading back to Saipan. It was a quick trip, but much needed for all of us. It was fun to get off my island for a bit and spend some time playing tourist again. 🙂
