Travel

On June 5, 2015, Guam became the first territory of the United States to legalize same-sex marriage. Guam is also the only place in Asia Pacific other than Taiwan where same-sex couples can marry. Many couples from the Asia Pacific region come to Guam to make their vows in Guam each year!

Get ready for this year’s Camp Foster Festival running July 6 and 7. Singer Jason Derulo and Kid Ink are slated to headline the festival. Derulo, known for hit songs “Wiggle” and “Talk Dirty,” will headline July 6 starting 8 p.m. On July 8, rapper/singer Kid Ink, who carries the torch of excitement starting 7:30 p.m.

There is no towering Ryukyu gate. There are no ‘shisa’ lion statutes standing guard. Just a few Okinawan restaurants and grocers scattered amid small car-repair and sheet-metal shops.

Japan’s landscape isn’t just temples, green foliage and mountains. Desert dwellers also have a place found in Tottori Prefecture. Just west of Kyoto and easily accessible via car, shinkansen or plane, rolling sand dunes await.

My husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Palau last December along with some friends and family. Our group had some first-timer’s and some who had been there before for business and only had a chance to experience Palau’s amazing Rock Islands.

Next weekend, the Chatan Nirai Harii, the excitement of “one beat one beat” is coming back.