It's a super exciting time across the Northern Mariana Islands as they are host to the Pacific Games! (I blogged about these a few years back when the games were held in Guam.) Think summer Olympics with island nations across the Pacific. Like the Olympics, the event is held every four years. Twenty countries are participating: Guam, CNMI, FSM, Solomon Islands, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Palau, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, American Samoa, and others.
Like the Olympics, the games kicked off with the opening ceremonies and events have been taking place across Saipan (with a little also on Tinian and Rota). I have caught some tennis, track, and baseball driving around island. Today, we made a trip down to the beach to actually sit down and watch some beach volleyball.
It was super exciting with multiple games going, both men and women's teams. Unfortunately, we were only there a short time before the skies opened to torrential rain. But the games must go on! (I learned this evening that golf kept playing too in all the rain.)
The kids thought it was THE BEST DAY EVER! We started having flooding under our tent and they were able to build motes and castles without even walking down to the water or getting sunburned.
Of course all became beautiful again as we were leaving.
Oh, and in case anyone is wondering...Papua New Guinea is currently ahead in the medal count. 2nd place with the most gold medals is Australia, but second play with the most medals is a tie between New Caledonia and Tahiti.
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