From time to time we write something about the island of Guam here at COTTonLINE. This happens as the DrsC spent a year there in the mid-80s, visited three years ago, and still have friends, fond memories, and a favorite restaurant there. The Spam fried rice at Shirley's is outstanding.
If you'd like a look at the local terrain, see a photo taken at Guam's Andersen AFB of a Bone taxiing for takeoff. The B-1B bomber is called a "bone," for reasons I hope are obvious.
The natural growth on the island, what you'd call "jungle," is called by locals "boonies." It consists of a mixture of tangan-tangan (the castor bean plant) and coconut palms. Tiny red peppers also grow wild; harvested by locals and used in finadene sauce, they're called "boonie peppers."
Back in the '80s, people would abandon a broken car with the hood up and next thing you knew a palm tree was growing up alongside the motor through the car. We called 'em "Guam planter boxes." These seem to be mostly gone now, Guam is much more upscale today.
Hat tip to Austin Bay, guest blogging at Instapundit, for the link.
