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Favorite thing: Local American and International Beers are Present in Guam and there is a wide selection to choose from due to the Multi-Ethnic Composition of Tourists in Guam. US Mainland Beers like Miller, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob and more. Among the Japanese Beers Here are Asahi, Asahi Dry, Kirin, Kirin Dry, Sapporo; Korean Beers like Cass and OB, Filipino Beers like San Miguel beer Pale Pilsen and San Miguel Beer Light, European Beers like Heineken, Carlsberg, Beck's, Stella Artois, Bass, Hoogarden; Australian Beers like Fosters and more.

You can have them at Bars, Restaurants, Convenience Stores, Lounges and price of a small bottle or small aluminum can is $ .75 to $ 2 per piece and $ 4 to $ 12 for a six pack and $ 12 to 20 for a case.

Fondest memory: The Assortment of beers, Both Locally made and International

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Favorite thing: There are many convenience stores in Guam and most are concentrated on the Tourist Areas of Tumon, Tamuning and Dededo but there are also convenience stores located all across the islands but unlike the convenience stores in the tourist Areas, They close earlier. K-mart can be considered as the Largest Convenience store in the Island since it is open 24/7. The most numerous conveniece stores here is Hawaii's ABC Stores, which has many branches around the Island and they open at 6:00 am up to 12:00 am. The local small convenience stores open at 8:00 am and closes at 9:00 pm. There are no 7-11 Stores in Guam.

You can Buy cheap grub like hot dogs, burgers and local stuffs like sandwiches at the convenience stores if you are on a budget and also stack up on water, juices, coffee, toiletries and more since they are cheaper than buying at the Convenience Stores Found Inside the Hotels.

Fondest memory: the assorted Convenience Stores around Guam

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Favorite thing: First, you must have a TRI-BAND or a QUAD BAND GSM Phone to be able to have roaming in guam and the rest of the world since North and South America uses the 850/1900 MHZ band and ASIA, Africa, Australia and Europe (except Japan and Korea, which uses the 2100 MHZ band) uses the 900/1800 MHZ Band.

Even though Guam is a United States Unincorporated Territory, calling to and from Guam to Hawaii and the US mainland is CONSIDERED an international call unlike calling from Hawaii to the US Mainland and vice versa, which is considered as a long distance call only or a local call using mobile phones.

The Local Mobile Phone Companies in Guam are not A T & T or SPRINT or T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless but local Guam mobile companies and japanese mobile phone companies like Docomo Pacific (formerly Guam Wireless), Pulse Wireless, GTA wireless are the local roaming partners of US Phone Companies.

Fondest memory: Roaming Rates Depends on your Local US Phone Carrier, A T &T customers have the lowest at $ 1.99 rates per minute for inbound/outbound calls and $ 0.50 per text messages sent and $ 0.20 for text messages recieved if your plan does not include a text messaging bundle. Intenet Roaming rates are $ 15 for every Megabyte sent/recieved.

For T-mobile Subsribers:

Guam
Rate per minute : $2.39
*Roaming charges do not include local tolls or long distance charges.
Country code : 671

Carrier

Frequency

Data Speed
DOCOMO Pacific Inc. 1900Mhz 3G
Pulse Mobile 1900Mhz,850Mhz 3G





International roaming rates for text, picture, video, and instant messaging

If you have a messaging bundle or plan, international messages you send while roaming are not covered by your bundle and will be charged separately. If you have a messaging bundle or plan, international messages you receive will be pulled from your bundle.

Data (GPRS) rate while roaming internationally

$10 per MB in Canada
$15 per MB in all other countries

Text Messages Sent while roaming in Guam: $ 0.50
Text Messages Recieved while roaming in Guam: $ 0.20

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Favorite thing: Guam is just a 3 hour 30 minute flight from manila and again, 30% of the population has Filipino heritage hence there is a large market for mobile phone roaming here. for filipinos coming from the philippines, Mobile phone companies like SMART, SUN and GLOBE have roaming partners here. Phone companies and carriers that operate from Guam are Choice Phone Llc Dba Iconn, Gta Telecom, Llc, Guam Cellular & Paging, Guam Wireless Telephone Company, L., It&e Overseas, Inc., Pulse Mobile Llc and Wave Runner, Llc and the philippine phone companies have roaming privileges here.

Roaming rates for every text messages sent is 25 philippine pesos for prepaid Globe, Smart and Sun Mobile Phone Subsribers. Calling rates are 100 philippine pesos per minute for the prepaid lines.

for post paid subsrcibers: international texting rates are 15 pesos for SMART, SUN and 20 pesos for GLOBE and Calling rates are 100 pesos per minute.

Fondest memory: Philippine Mobile Phone Companies also offer dual sim privileges to Local Guamanians going to the philippines where they are given a prepaid SIM of the Philippine Phone Companies of SMART, SUN and GLOBE besides their Docomo or GTA SIM cards that they can use when travelling to the philippines without the usual roaming rates.

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Favorite thing: you don't have to buy a guam things to do, activities and driving maps since in this age of the internet, you can get all of this tips for free moreso of you get your tips HERE at VIRTUAL TOURISTS or at sister company TRIP ADVISOR, but if you don't have a free internet connection in your hotel or find that internet roaming rates to be expensive, then you can just get the usual travel brochures, maps, free travel magazines, free trolley maps all around the island moreso at the hotels, at trolley buses, at the various shopping malls and even in restaurants again for FREE!

they are even multi lingual, available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean hence you don't need to spend a penny more for many interesting tips in and aroun guam, so grab a brochure now.

Fondest memory: the assorted free magazines and brochures that has a treasure trove of various information about guam, you can be an el cheapo hehehe.

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Favorite thing: there are lots of Japanese Girls roaming the island of guam buying the most luxurious brands like prada, gucci, hermes', louis vuitton, ralph lauren, Dolce and Gabbana and more. Most japanese men go to South East Asia not to shops but do naughty things but most japanese ladies go here in guam or hawaii or to las vegas and los angeles to shop, hit the beach, engage in water activities like swimming or sun bathing. You can see these pretty japanese ladies in groups mostly or sometimes in singles all around the island and they are very friendly and cheerful.

Fondest memory: there are many Kawaii (cute) and Utsukushii (beautiful) japanese girls in Guam that are having fun time shopping, eating at restaurants and bar hopping and in the beach.

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Favorite thing: Guam may have been recaptured by the United States in World War II but since then, It has become a favorite area for Japanese Tourists to Shop, Play Golf, Water Activities, beaches, eat, dine and more. It has become a virtual colony since the number one tourist in Guam are the Japanese, Accounting for over 70% of the in bound tourism in Guam per year. They love to go to guam because of the relative ease of coming here due to the visa free entry and the duty free privileges in the Island and it is way cheaper to go to guam from japan than going to hawaii and the US Mainland.

Due to this, you will see lots of japanese people roaming around the island hence many of the signs at the hotels, shops, bars, shopping malls, travel agencies and others have Japanese Language side by side with English Signs. Guamanians love the Japanese as they bring the needed tourist dollars since guam has no substantial economy to speak of besides tourism. Also, the japanese tourists are well behave and have a cheerful disposition hence being well liked by the locals.

Fondest memory: they buy all kinds of luxury items like Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Nautica, Diesel, Rolex, Hermes', Louis Vuitton and more, since these items are way cheaper to buy here than in japan due to the duty free status of guam.

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Favorite thing: if you think that a small US Unincorporated Territory of Guam has no active Political Scene, think again! both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party has political machinery here and they even send delegates to the Republican or Democratic Presidential Caucuses but Guamanians cannot vote for Federal Positions like the President or Vice President or Congress and Senate but they have an active local political Scene where they elect local mayors, Congressmen and Senators to the local government and legislature. they have 15 local senators serving a population of 170,000!!!

This is an election year hence you will see many campaign posters around the island!