It was only 50 minutes flight from Guam to Saipan.
Saipan is a part of Commonwealth Northern Marians Islands (CNMI). CNMI has a total of 15 islands. Saipan is the biggest island in CNMI.
Saipan is a US territory. However, all passengers from Guam to Saipan must go through immigration processes.
On the way from airport to hotel, I saw many abandoned houses, buildings, businesses, dogs, etc. Similar to Guam, street names and signs are optional. Map and GPS are useless in Saipan since the street names are only shown on the map and not on the road. Driving in Saipan is very challenging.
My friend took me to see the whole island and explained to me that Saipan had a very good future about 15 years ago. At that time, Saipan had many tour sites, hotels, restaurants, a big 250 stores mall, etc. But because the economy, tours stop coming, restaurants and hotels were closes one by one. Local government had no money to maintain the tour sites and roads.
A friend took me to the northern part of the island - Suicide Cliff where Japanese soldiers jumped off the cliff in order not to be captured.
Around there has Korean Memorial and Oinawa Memorial. The places are maintained, but no visitors.
On the way to Suicide Cliff, we passed by the abandoned Japanese hotel, Hotel Nikko Saipan which had 1,000 beds. Near by the hotel, we also saw the abandoned 250 stores mall. It is sad to see all those abandoned houses and businesses.
Saipan was a good tour place, but not now.
Saipan is a part of Commonwealth Northern Marians Islands (CNMI). CNMI has a total of 15 islands. Saipan is the biggest island in CNMI.
Saipan is a US territory. However, all passengers from Guam to Saipan must go through immigration processes.
On the way from airport to hotel, I saw many abandoned houses, buildings, businesses, dogs, etc. Similar to Guam, street names and signs are optional. Map and GPS are useless in Saipan since the street names are only shown on the map and not on the road. Driving in Saipan is very challenging.
My friend took me to see the whole island and explained to me that Saipan had a very good future about 15 years ago. At that time, Saipan had many tour sites, hotels, restaurants, a big 250 stores mall, etc. But because the economy, tours stop coming, restaurants and hotels were closes one by one. Local government had no money to maintain the tour sites and roads.
A friend took me to the northern part of the island - Suicide Cliff where Japanese soldiers jumped off the cliff in order not to be captured.
Around there has Korean Memorial and Oinawa Memorial. The places are maintained, but no visitors.
On the way to Suicide Cliff, we passed by the abandoned Japanese hotel, Hotel Nikko Saipan which had 1,000 beds. Near by the hotel, we also saw the abandoned 250 stores mall. It is sad to see all those abandoned houses and businesses.
Saipan was a good tour place, but not now.
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