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Sightseeing & Historical Landmarks                                                                                                                          GUAM’S MUST SEE AND DO













                                                                                                                                                                                        hether your stay on
                                                                                                                                                                                 WGuam is a few days or
                                                                                                                                                                                 several weeks, there are some
                                                                                                                                                                                 activities you just can’t miss.
                                                                                                                                                                                 So put on your sunscreen,
                                                                                                                                                                                 grab your zories (Chamorro
                                                                                                                                                                                 for “flip-flops”), and get ready
                                                                                                                                                                                 to explore “where America’s
                                                                                                                                                                                 day begins!”





                       Talofofo Bay Beach Park                        visitors can easily access it
                       Located on the southern side                   through the park. A replica of
                       of Guam’s most picturesque                     the cave occupied by Sergeant
                       bays, Talofofo Bay Beach                       Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese
                       Park is a favorite spot for lo-                soldier who hid for 28 years
                       cal surfers used to the rough                  in the jungle after U.S. Forces
                       waters of the island’s south-                  liberated Guam in 1944, can
    58                 ern region. The site’s black                   be found near the site.                                                                                                                                                   59
                       sand beach, which offers
                       a great photo opportunity,
                       was also one site of Japanese
                       forces who invaded Guam in
                       December 1941.







                                                                      Yokoi’s Cave
                                                                      A well-known Japanese soldier
                                                                      among both residents and visi-
                                                                      tors of Guam, Sergeant Shoichi
                       Talofofo Falls                                 Yokoi hid for more than a
                       Talofofo Falls, the main at-                   quarter century in the jungles
                       traction at Talofofo Falls                     of Guam. After hiding from
                       Resort Park off a road leading                 invading American Forces in
                       through Malojloj, is a 30-foot                 1944 for years, he was discov-
                       waterfall that cascades into                   ered by Talofofo farmers in
                       the Ugum River to a deep                       1972. Tools of his survival are
                       pool. Although the falls is of-                now displayed in the Guam
                       ten used as a hike destination,                Museum in Hagåtña.
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