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Remains of a World War 11 jail

29th November 2013 travelwands 0 Comments abandon, Adventure, CNMI, CNMI attractions, cnmi tourist sites, explore, history Tinian, itchy feet, jail, japanese landmark, landmarks, nature, outdoors, Pacific War, photography, photos, raquel bagnol blogs, raquel bagnol photos, raquel bagnol pictures, Raquel Bagnol tinian photos, ruins, scenes, tinian, tinian world war 2, tourists, travel, travel photos, vacation, wanderings, wanderlust, World War 11, World War 2 relics, WW11, WW11 scars, www.studiof6.com

TINIAN—I have passed by this particular spot on Tinian so many times in the past years thinking that it was

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‘Shooting’ a Japanese cannon

2nd August 2013 travelwands 0 Comments aviation, camera, Canon camera, canon cameras, cars, CNMI, cnmi history, cnmi tourism, cnmi tourist sites, Japanese gun, japanese landmark, Naftan Point, nature, outdoors, raquel bagnol blog, raquel bagnol pictures, rav 4, Saipan, Saipan WW11, transportation, World War 11, World War 2 relics, WW11

THE first time I saw this Japanese cannon at Naftan Point, Saipan’s southernmost tip, was in 2009 when I went

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Peace memorial on a mountaintop

19th July 2013 travelwands 0 Comments CNMI, cnmi history, cnmi tourist sites, Japanese, japanese landmark, japanese nationals, japanese shrines saipan, japanese translation, Mt. Sabana Rota, nature, outdoors, peace memorial park, Rota attractions, Rota Peace Memorial, rota tourist attractions, Sabana, Sabana Peace Memorial, stone structure, tall bushes, World War 11, World War 2 relics, world war ii, WW11

At the island’s highest elevation stands a stone structure that few people visit: a World War II peace memorial. I

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The Shadow at the Bell Marker

12th July 2013 travelwands 0 Comments architecture, arts, Bell of Peace Saipan, cars, CNMI, cnmi history, cnmi tourism, cnmi tourist sites, Japanese, japanese landmark, japanese shrines saipan, Katori Jinja, Nanmeido, nature, outdoors, plants, raquel bagnol blogs, Reverend Shinryu Akita, Saipan, Saipan Bell of Love, Saipan House of Prayer, Saipan International House of Prayer, Saipan Katori Jinja temple, Sugar King Park, temples, transportation, World War 2 relics

IT started with a red arrow on a rusty sign beside the path that proclaimed: “The Bell of Peace and

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Exploring Tonga Cave

16th June 2013 travelwands 0 Comments caves, CNMI, CNMI caves, cnmi history, cnmi tourism, cnmi tourist sites, Japanese caves, nature, outdoors, Rota CNMI, Rota tourism, rota tourist attractions, Tonga Cave, World War 2 relics, WW11 caves

Right in the heart of Songsong Village on Rota is a huge cave which I tried to visit the first

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A Japanese gun among the bushes

25th January 2013 travelwands 0 Comments CNMI, guns, Japanese AA guns, Japanese relics, Ladder Beach, Pacific Wars, raquel bagnol pictures, rld War 2, Saipan, World War 2 relics

I HAVE been visiting Ladder Beach on the northern part of Saipan for the past five years, so I was

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War Remnants on Tinian

7th December 2012 travelwands 0 Comments architecture, CNMI bunkers, cnmi tourist sites, CNMI WW11, history Tinian, Japanese bunkers pillboxes, Marianas, Pacific War, pillboxes, raquel bagnol blogs, raquel bagnol pictures, remnantsWW2, tinian, Tinian Japanese bunkers, Tinian war relics, World War 11, World War 2 relics, WW11

TINIAN — Right across from the famous Taga House is an old structure that had often caught my attention, but

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Revisiting Star Sand Beach

30th November 2012 travelwands 0 Comments angry waves, beaches, CNMI, cnmi tourism, cnmi tourist sites, Invasion Beach Tinian, island souvenirs, nature, outdoors, raquel bagnol, raquel bagnol blog, Raquel Bagnol photos Rota, raquel bagnol pictures, Sand Beach Tinian, Star Sand Beach, star sands, tinian, Tinian beaches, tourism, transportation, Unai Chulu, World War 2 relics

TINIAN — An afternoon of aimless driving at North Field a couple of weeks a go took me and two

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A trip back in time

15th April 201119th November 2018 travelwands 0 Comments Marianas Trench Cave Museum, Northern Mariana Islands, pacific islands museum, Rota Cave Museum, Rota tourism, World War 2 relics, WW2

ROTA — You cannot miss this green-painted structure perched on two huge latte stone posts overlooking the blue ocean across

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