The commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands contains forlorn Saipan, which was crucial to victory in the Pacific there, the author met “many outsiders with big dreams.” It also boasts Banzai Cliff, where Japanese combatants and civilians hurled themselves to their deaths to avoid being captured by American forces. Guam, which was so strategic during World War II, also evinces echt Americana. Thence we go to the sociable city of Pago Pago in American Samoa, which appears to be Middle America in the South Pacific, devout and devoted to football. Today, Mack finds them simultaneously a little dangerous and quite friendly. Virgin Islands, which were once Danish and once home to Alexander Hamilton.
The first port of call is Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, in the U.S. Wendy Simmons, author of "My Holiday in North Korea," tells Rick the general costs and planning required to visit North Korea, and the difference between visiting with a tour group and going solo.A tour of the territories of the United States, “those scattered shards of earth and populace that make up our outposts far from the North American continent.”Ī peripatetic traveler, Mack ( Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide, 2012, etc.) decided to explore the five populated island augments to the U.S., providing an antic guide to their histories, geography, and economies, not to mention bits of ethnography. Wikipedia maintains a list of foreign nationals held in detention in North Korea. She includes photos from her trip to North Korea on her website, and summarized her experience for the Huffington Post. Wendy Simmons wrote " My Holiday in North Korea" about her tour of the country. The We The People Project aims to secure national voting rights for citizens of the American territories.įina'denne' sauce is explained as a staple of Chamorro cuisine on the Guampedia website. Douglas Mack is the author of " The Not-Quite States of America." He also wrote " Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day," in which he tried to travel using an outdated 1963 guidebook.
Their book has fast become a best-seller, and is published by Workman Publishing.Īmong the unusual sites Dylan and Ella discuss are the Luray Caverns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
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