Hafa Adai: The native Chamorro greeting.
Tirow: The native Carolinian greeting.
Kumusta: The standard Filipino greeting, used by the island’s largest demographic group.
I am Michael Dean mentioned in this short by my guide (Discover Saipan short with the Jamaican on Saipan linked below). This is from last Saturday’s live stream. Sunday in Saipan, think; much further ahead than Hawaii, actually +17hrs. So my flights start on a Tuesday morning to Japan, then to Saipan with 6 hours to kill in Japan, and I get there barely into Wednesday, 1am. My total travel time is 23 hours, yet I get there in 15hrs, if you go by the time and day I left and the time and day I arrive.
“Ya well, time’s a trip man. ” Howard Kaylan (of The Turtles/Flo & Eddie fame) playing Captain Cloud, a character heavily inspired by Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, in the rock and roll cult classic movie -Get Crazy-.
Notice the car in the pic. Doesn’t it look familiar?