Holly Days: Saipan

Once it was definite we would be leaving, there was a lot of arrangements to be made. I think I literally spent about twenty-four hours trying to schedule flights, hotels, cars and all it took to get us back to the mainland. Abe found out he had some work to do in Saipan. I jumped at the chance to see the island with Abe and have a quiet place to figure out all travel arrangements. Saipan was beautiful. I loved it there. It is like a smaller, quieter Guam. The grounds of our hotel were amazing. I remember being surprised that there were no doors to the lobby. It is all just open, and with the weather like they have year- round, why not? I spent a few very relaxing hours on the beach and soon felt up to the task at hand. With the flights all finally taken care of, Abe and I had a day to explore. Due to some restrictions we found out were not going to be able to do the dive we had planned on. We rented a kayak and headed over to a small island to do some kayaking and snorkeling The water was so gorgeous. After numerous attempts, I decided it is very difficult to accurately capture the true color in a picture. Oh well. We loved the paddle over and found out there was a sunken Japanese Zero in the water. We shared a few laughs watching the Asians attempt to snorkel and had our lunch with a family knows from work. They shared some of their travel adventures with us which made Abe want to go even more places.