Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Tinian trip

We finally went off island last month for our first mini-vacation. We went to Tinian, the island just south of Saipan.



There are two possible ways of getting to Tinian: by boat or by plane. The ferry costs 20 bucks a person while the plane costs just under 200, so we took the ferry.



Once inside we found that the ferry gives its passengers all the comfort of airline seats with the added bonus of sea sickness.





An hour later we were pulling up in front of Tinian's premier attraction: The Dynasty Casino. The casino is a strange thing. Its a several hundred room hotel located out on an island that only has 3,000 residents. The place was deserted when we were there, yet in the photo you can see a billboard out front announcing that they are doing a several story expansion of the hotel. Maybe the owners are just very, very optimistic.



The entrance foyer.



Our room. One thing that I would have liked to know before booking the room is that it had a "Japanese style" bed. This means that they replaced our comfy western matress with something that feels more like a concrete block.



Looking up from the hotel floor.



The pool. As you can see, it was a little too crowded for us.

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