Monkeying Around at Tarzan Falls

I've had some fantastic days here in Guam. It's been such a treat to be somewhere that English is spoken fluently, I can find food brands that I recognize, and I'm not worried about my personal safety at all.
If there is a downfall to Guam its that you really can't get around without a car, hitchhiking only takes you so far.
I've had two really fabulous days with some memorable moments inbetween.
The first day: We rented a car and decided to drive around the southern half of the island and find some adventure. Initially we were going to head to Talofofo Falls, but after finding out you had to pay $20 to get in, we decided to find our own fun. The southern drive is extremely scenic and beautiful with some definite "aahh" moments as we came over the edge of different hills with pretty views. At one lookout that we stopped at, we decided to try and "summit" the hill next door, so 4 of 6 of us headed across the road to look for a way up. We found one in the end with much scrambling and grabbing of grass and tree trunks as we lost our footing as the ground slipped out from under us or into large but hidden holes. We did make it to the top (after a wasp sting or two and some serious grass cuts) and the view was amazing, you could feel all the wind just blowing past you, almost to the point you could just fall into it and it would hold you up on the top of the hill. Coming back down was slightly more treacherous as we slid on our feet...or our butts most of the way down again.
Next stop was Tarzan Falls. Another fault of Guam is non-visible road signs. The sign for this turn off was brown (blending in nicely) and only about 1x2 feet big. We were a little nervous as we looked at the stats of the hike down to the falls. There were 1.4 miles, 300ft elevation change, and 3 hours! In the end we figured out it must have been 3 hours total, with a stop to swim. It essentially a road down to the falls, although I didn't dare take the rental car offroading.... and an amazing set of falls over cliffs of slate-like looking rock. It did remind me of Tarzan actually. We pranced all around and showered/rinsed off in the fresh water (since he no longer have a hose at the dock anymore since we are now moored alongside the outside of three barges and have quite the traverse across and not enough hose to make the distance). Overall great day!
The second great day was yesterday. I spent most of the day with another Sara (in my watch) and we drove out to the northern most point of the island, fantastic limestone cliffs and then down south and did a beautiful hike out to Sella Bay where there is a freshwater stream flowing out into the ocean, some pretty snorkeling, shade and palm trees and wild orchids everywhere. This one felt really special becuase it wasn't in the Lonely Planet, we picked it up from a local dive magazine. It felt more secret and "local" than some of the other more touristy spots. The day was capped off with Vietnamese with Karen as well and then a great chick flisk called "P.S. I love you" It was a gooder! To anyone who gets the chance I highly recommend it. A good laugh/cry-er!
Now the last day will be spend lounging around the Sheraton pool, unless of course we get kicked out and maybe one last matinee before we take back out to sea.