a day in guam

On our way back from Palau we have a 12h-stopover in Guam. Can anyone recommend a beach where to spend the day and how to get there from the airport?

Tumon Bay, where the main resorts are, probably has the easiest access from the airport. There may be a public bus, but if not, taxis aren't too bad.
There are plenty of other beaches, but you'd need a rental car to get to many of them on a short stopover.

If you don't mind a lot of tourists, I'd recommend using the tour trolleys. They're reliable and you can get from the airport to the beach and anywhere else you need to go. Taxis aren't bad either, fewer people but more of a wait. The beaches are everywhere, it just depends what you want to do. When are you coming to the island? If I don't have anything going on I could get you from the airport and take you somewhere.

My wife and I heading to Guam in mid-February (this weekend!) for a week and I was wondering if I could get some advice. Any info would be really appreciated.

Are there any things/events happening during that time?

Is it easy to rent a car/scooter and if so are there some cheaper places to rent from?

What are some good sites to see? We're not too into the shopping thing and we're not staying in the main town center, a little out of the main town. We'd like to do some snorkeling, perhaps fishing if we can find a reasonable charter, hiking(?), hang on some nice beaches. Any low key spots that may fit into our criteria?

Any good restaurants, relaxing watering holes, flea markets to recommend?

Lastly, currency exchange, etc. Would we be best off to exchange $ (from yen or euro) before we head to Guam or are the rates reasonable on the island? I assume that credit cards are widely accepted.

Any pointers would be very appreciated.

Joandoinjapan, I'm so sorry that I didn't think to check the thread until after your trip. If you ever come back to Guam, I'd be happy to suggest all kinds of things.

Hey, I'm going to start a new thread for this, but just in case...

I'm going to be in Guam for 5 days, from mid next week, and was wondering if anyone had any brilliant ideas for what we could do.

We'll be staying in the Tumon area, but we've hired a car, so we can travel about easily. We're interested in almost anything Guam has to offer - water sports, partying, cultural sites, hiking, shopping, so any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

We always stopped at the McDonalds and Walmart- but we were living on Palau so that doesn't count. There is way toooooo much shopping- lots of "outlet" shops with big names. Other than that I have no info- it was a stopping over place for us only.

K Mart? one or the other.