I haven’t written about the weekend in Guam that I tacked on to my big 2011 trip to Hawaii. Remember, the one where I thought I was going to die in a tsunami? Good times.
I’ll have more to say about that at some point. Not only had I just had a near miss with a life-threatening natural event, that weekend in Guam I got the news that my mother had almost died in an accident, and I had no phone service so I couldn’t talk to her or her doctors. (She got a hold of my then-boyfriend and he emailed me.)
So, it wasn’t one of my Top Ten Best Weekends. Plus, Guam isn’t someplace you probably need to make it a point to visit. Ever.
But I’m a fan of staircases to nowhere, and I found this lovely example at a Guam lagoon. It was a bright spot in an otherwise awful weekend:
I had to crawl around the rocks on the right to see that it does, in fact, go nowhere.
Here’s hoping you have a weekend free of disasters, natural and otherwise.
Sorry to hear about Guam. Would love to hear what you didn’t like about the Island. Was thinking of a vacation to the Island, perhaps not?
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Robert,
The short answer is it’s one of those places where there’s no there there. Yes, some of the beaches are beautiful, I was able to knock off a few national parks, and the people are nice, but it’s a strange place. It has an abandoned feel, as if it never regained its footing after the war. There are so many other beautiful islands that also have a lot of culture going on – Hawaii, for example.
Deonne
If this was fiction, the stairway to nowhere would be a great literary device to serve as a metaphor for the mortality you were dealing with through you and your mother’s brushes with death. Ain’t it cool how life imitates art
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Pollinatrix,
Nice! Maybe that explains why I’m drawn to them in general. They do seem like a physical representation of something mysterious, something just beyond our grasp.
Deonne
If you like stairways to no where you’ll LOVE Xilitla, Mexico. It’s a mind-blowing jungle creation of a fascinating dreamer. xoxo Christina
Christina,
Sounds wonderful! I’ve put it on the list. Thanks for commenting.
Deonne
I love staircases to nowhere. And doorways to nowhere. Thanks for this!
Emilie,
Doorways to nowhere, yes! I’ll be on the lookout for some of those. Glad you liked the post, and thanks for writing.
Deonne
Ever been to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose? A stairway to nowhere there too!
Bonnie,
Yes! I totally thought of that when I was writing this. Funny.
Deonne