Our day trip to uncharted territory

Our trip begins...
The trail was waist-deep, sometimes, head-high with brush!

One of the few openings we found along the trail where we could see the ocean, and Saipan

The trail would open up a little, then get very thick again

On the north side of Pina, we begin to travel back down

Arriving at Unai Masalok beach

There are at least three small beaches at this location

We found one fishing with a rod and reel

And one fishing with a net

Then it was off again, on a much better road

We arrive at Long Beach

Saipan in the distance

We discovered an old bunker at the beach

Work at the new casino is going very slow--not much to show yet

The many colors of Tinian!

Ouch!

As Terri is off call this weekend, we decided to take a scooter trip along a road that travels along the east side of the island--at least there was a road that showed up on the map! When we got there, like many of the 'marked' roads, it was very overgrown and looked impassible. As I hesitated a little, Terri urged us on (as we had traveled similar roads before, with no ill effects).

The first part of the road was up a steep hill called Pina. It moved up and then around the hill until we got to the east side. Then we traveled north along the same hill. The road was thick with brush and the jungle was thick on either side, so we didn't have many opportunities to see out to the ocean.

When we finally came to the north side of this long hill, we finally came to Masalok Beach. There are three secluded beaches there, and are supposed to be some ancient Latte stones in the area, although we didn't see any. We visited the beaches and discovered some fishermen there, using both a rod and reel and a throw-net. The only fish caught were small fish caught in the net.

Once we arrived at Unai Masalok, the road became much better (as cars travel to and from the beach coming from the north). We continued to follow the road north until we arrived at Unai Dankulo or Long beach. We have been to Long beach many times, but had never noticed the connecting road we had been traveling.

We went back to Broadway and traveled up to see the progress on the new Casino--not much happening there...but the view from the scenic overlook was beautiful, and the color of the ocean was particularly good today.

It was a great adventure, along a long trail, but there wasn't a lot to see, as the road was so overgrown.