The View from our hotel room.

Our guide for the day

Bird Island Lookout. One of many great views. The Grotto is just around that point.

Banzai Cliffs

The Grotto

Gary hangin' out

The last Fire Scallop in the Grotto

Mary and Lea

Karin

Our first beach dive

Into the Grotto, across "The Washing Machine"

Karin in the Grotto

Looking out to the open sea from the Grotto. One of the three passages

Anemone Clowns outside the grotto

Bird island

More Banzai Cliffs

The last Japanese stronghold from WWII

Saipan. Another one of those "escape from Seoul" trips. Just us... and 5 other teachers. We didn't get the sun we were hoping for but at least it was warm. Besides, who needs great weather when you spend the day vegg-ing in the hotel watching back-to-back American cooking shows all day. Ahhh, vacation!

On our last day we hired a taxi to take us around the island. We hit all of the hot spots. Bird Island Lookout, Suicide Cliff, Banzai Cliff, and lunch at the Coffee Care. Weird name but fantastic food!

We were able to fit two dives into our hectic schedule. One of them just happens to be classified as one of the top-3 in the world! The Blue Grotto of Saipan. A little tricky to get to but well worth the climb. Our dive guides, Sid and Pat, were great. Safe, funny and the undisputed Bubble Ring Kings! abracadabra.saipan.com