The biggest myth about Guam are the brown tree snakes. As soon as I arrived, I was expecting to see snakes hanging from trees or from power lines. There are snakes here, but not as many as people think. The Islanders blamed all sort of problems on the snakes, from power blackouts to phone service outages. The only snake I have seen around our house was in the air conditioner unit outside. A baby brown snake got electrocuted inside the air conditioned unit, and we didn't find it until the unit broke after a typhoon. The USDA is very good about collection the snakes as soon as someone reports a sighting.
Guam is located approximately 3,300 miles West of Hawaii, 1,500 miles East of the Philippines and 1,550 miles South of Japan, the Island of Guam is the Western most territory of the United States and one of the leading tourist destinations in the Western Pacific. Although located in the Northern Pacific, Guam is truly a tropical island paradise. Approximately 30 miles long and 4 to 9 miles wide, the Northern end of Guam is a plateau of rolling hills and cliffs rising to 600 feet above sea level. Waterfalls, rivers and bays abound throughout Guam's central and southern areas.