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I went to Guam for a year, as an exchange student at the University of Guam. People often ask me what it was like to live there and I always feel like it's pretty much impossible to describe. I'm glad I have these pictures to share my experiences. I made friends there I'll never forget and I saw and did things I can't possibly describe. Surfing and scuba diving were my real passions and I tried to do one or the other every day. Diving gear was cheap to rent, $30 a month for unlimited use, so I would go basically any time I had a ride and a partner. I dove alone once, which probably wasn't a good idea. I could skate board about half a mile to the nearest beach, which happened to be a good surf spot on the island. Too much jagged reef and shallow water to learn to surf there so I body boarded for the most part. A picture in this gallery is of me on the largest wave I caught. Again, what a dream come true.
Leaving the island and coming back to Oregon was very hard for me. I pretty much fell in love with the tropical lifestyle and island culture, the weather, the ocean, the land. A year was long enough for me to make some really close friends and connections too. I'll just say that leaving was harder than I thought.
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