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A weekend in Tumon Bay, Guam: the Dusit Thani resort, a boat trip with tawny nurse sharks, Chamorro Village night market and a late-night Kmart run.

Guam surprised us. We came for a beach weekend in Tumon Bay and left with a camera roll full of sharks, Spanish forts and night-market food.

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Base camp was the Dusit Thani Guam Resort, the video has the full hotel tour, from the ocean-view room and lobby vibes to the breakfast buffet. Early mornings were for the beach and pool before the day trips began.

The best moment of the whole weekend came on a boat trip: tawny nurse sharks, right there in the clear water. Back on land we took in the view from Fort Santa Agueda, visited the Dulce Nombre de María Cathedral Basilica, and did the full Tumon shopping circuit, ABC Stores, Macy’s, Cinnabon, a coffee stop, and an obligatory late-night Kmart run, which is somehow a genuine Guam tradition.

We finished at Chamorro Village night market for street food and local entertainment, the best single stop on the island for feeling what Guam is actually like. If you get the chance to visit this little piece of island America in the Pacific, take it.

Photos from Guam

A few stills from the camera roll to go with the video, from the moment we landed in January 2026.

Blue Hafa Adai Welcome to Guam sign with red hibiscus flowers at the airport arrivals exit
Håfa Adai, the Chamorro hello, first thing you see off the plane.
Inga and Dileep in swimwear standing in calm shallow water at Tumon Bay, waves breaking far out on the reef
Tumon Bay in January 2026. The reef takes the waves way out there, so the bay stays like a pool.
Dileep and Inga in sun hats on the white bow of a boat off Guam, holding yellow and red dive rings, green hills across the turquoise water
On the bow with the dive rings, heading out for the boat trip from the video. Somewhere under all that turquoise: the sharks.
Inga standing on the upper level of Micronesia Mall in Guam, indoor palm trees and shops under a steel-truss glass roof
Micronesia Mall, where the palm trees grow indoors and the food court never ends.
Inga in a straw hat holding an AR-15 style rifle beside a display case of pistols at an indoor shooting range in Tumon
Tumon's tourist shooting ranges are a whole industry. Very American, very Guam.

There’s more from this trip on our YouTube channel, we film the real sights and sounds, no fluff. You’ll also find us on TikTok and Instagram.