Alan Sonntag’s father participated in the Battle of Saipan. His wife Peggy’s father stormed Utah Beach (Normandy, France) on D-Day. The couple recently visited Saipan on a pilgrimage to have a virtual “Then & Now Father & Child Reunion” with… In His Father’s Footsteps
In case you didn’t know, the empire of Germany actually had possession of these islands for 15 years from 1899 to 1914, and there is still some of that influence (names, language, etc.) within the local community. Well, “the Germans”… Wunderschön! Germany Discovers Saipan…Again!
At 7:30am on Mon, Feb 19, as the MS Zuiderdam was docking at the port of Saipan, I arrived at the car rental company and was told that the TWO 15-passenger vans I had reserved over a year ago (and… Tour Plans Gone Wrong…When Zuiderdam Came to Town
I had the unique opportunity to meet, tour and interview with Wesam Behbehani and her sister, Weam, from Kuwait. Wesam, who focuses on off-the-beaten-path destinations, provides vicarious travel enjoyment to her 15,000 mostly Kuwaiti Instagram followers (@rosy_path) who are unable… Kuwaiti Tourists Discover Saipan!
A new series thanks to encouragement from Youtube channel subscriber, Mikell!
Links to all the referenced articles are in the description of the video below: See the latest update here: https://youtu.be/f25zVyeLBgM
One of the coolest aspects of doing these tours on Saipan & Tinian is getting to share these islands with folks interested in a wide range of types of tourism including Atomic Tourism, War Tourism, Ecotourism, Thano Tourism… A World War II Story in Photos (by a previous tour client!)
THINGS FALL APART “One of the more fascinating phenomena to observe in modern society is that of people with limited life experience, inadequate vocabulary and delusional thinking attempting to understand, navigate and explain reality to themselves and others.”—Walt F.J. Goodridge… Escape before things fall apart
“re: relocating…..could you direct me to how would I find out more about that?…If there is a website that would be a one-stop-shopping for this kind of information (a “SO YOU WANT TO LIVE ON SAIPAN” sort of site), that… Considering relocating to Saipan? Here’s your one stop shop
Everybody on board! Featuring “Ngang upwe Fen Ekkepen” by Tboi featuring Honeyboii, an artist from Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia Check out: https://soundcloud.com/braddah-tboi
