GUAM
Guam is a small Unites States Overseas Territory in the Western Specific south of North Mariana Islands. When sailors from Spain came to Guam, the native Chamorro people would run out to their ships to sell fruit, calling “Guahan!”
“Guahan” means “I have,” and it sounded like “Guam” to the Spanish sailors, who named the island after this greeting. Chamorro culture is predominant in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands. Chamorro people are Austronesian. Native Guamanians, ethnically called Chamorros, are of basically Malayo-Indonesian descent with a considerable admixture of Spanish, Filipino, Mexican, and other European and Asian ancestries. Chamorros and other Micronesians constitute about half the population.
The most interesting fact is that there are no sand in the island of Guam.The beaches are covered in coral instead of sand, and paved roads in Guam are made by mixing coral and cement.
The card from Guam was jumbo sized card and one of the biggest in my collection sent by my friend Jeremy. The card was postmarked in Barrigada which obviously is not the capital city.
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| Illustrated Map of Guam |
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| Postmarked at Barrigada on 06/01/2020 |
The second card I received from Guam was sent to me by myself. It is also an awesome card.
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| Design: Varun Thomas Paul |
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| Postmarked 13/02/2020 Barrigada gu Tamuning |
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