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1. There are 2 kinds of weather in Guam, hot or rainy.
Get some good sunblock protection and umbrella.
2. Humidity is really high here, so scrap away all the long sleeve
clothes and make sure you have an ice cold airconditioner working in your car and home.
3. Buy florally printed clothing
to blend in quickly.
4. Get used to wearing slippers even if you've never exposed your feet in public.
5.
Tropical showers normally last from one stoplight to the next.
6. SUV's are the preferred cars of locals because of
the many potholes you'll encounter on the road and streets that might not be paved.
7. There's too much hype about
snakes everywhere, there are greater chances of you running over a boonie dog or cat on the road than ever seeing a snake.
8. A "Guam Bomb" is not a World War II historical relic. It's a car that is usually under $2000 advertised along Marine
Drive and survived by jumper cables. This type of vehicle is most commonly known as the "Boonie Car".
9. A
formation called Tropical depression 28W is a.k.a. "Typhoon coming soon".
10. Everyone is at the mall after a typhoon.
11. Top 3 Places to take your kids: (1) Micronesia Mall (2) Micronesia Mall (3) Micronesia
Mall
12. Always have batteries, flashlights, candles, and other power outage necessities
in stock to avoid the long lines at stores during typhoon condition warnings. You won't regret this purchase.
13.
Guam time, means you'll be arriving somewhere 2 hours late for a function, party, date, or anything.
14. Remember
to pronounce the "Y" like "J" when referring to villages like Yigo (pronounced jeego) or Yona (pronounced joan-ya). This will
save you lots of embarassment.
15. Good luck on getting around with the island map. Just drive up and down Marine
Drive all day and you'll be an expert. Remember North goes to Anderson Air Force Base(Yigo) and south goes to Naval Station(Agat).
15. Never ask a local where how do you get to Route 1, 16, 4, etc, most of us don't use this method. Most directions
are given by landmarks, such as: Take a left turn at the stoplight, pass the bus stop, make a right, first trash can take
a left and it's by the second street pole.
16. The speed limit average is 35 mph, but everybody drives 55 mph.
If you've got anything else you'd like to add to this list, email me!
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