Nihi Ta Bisita  centers on those things that are important to us culturally and naturally. Through our weekly episodes, we will have a chance to revisit; to refresh the memory; and, to reunite with the past. We start with antiquity. We traverse hills and valleys, and wade in rocks and shoals, that have been hallowed by sad and happy events long, long ago. We walk footpaths used by our ancestors, contemplate at places where they once did, and visit Latte sites deep in the jungle where they have remained undisturbed at least a thousand years. We will have a glimpse of the abundance of our land as it must have been when our ancestors discovered it 3500 years ago. We will trace and cross the four remaining Spanish bridges that we found along the King's highway from Umatac to Agana. We will revisit places that are distinctly identifiable with nations that claimed, possessed and governed Guam and have left their indelible marks on the culture and landscape of the island.

Because of our geographic location in the world, we find ourselves in between everything, it would seem. We are referred to as being in the South Pacific in some books when we are actually 13 degrees north of the equator. We read that we are in the western Pacific but our longitude is 144 degrees east. And we are continually bewildered with our ability to leave Guam on a Tuesday night and arrive in Hawaii in the morning of the same day, being able to accomplish this miraculous feat by simply crossing the International Dateline going east.

These contradictions extend to our perception of ourselves and of others about us. When we describe Guam this is the picture we project: a world globe with Guam as its center. Guam is todo el mundo. On the other extreme, when a professional bureaucrat talks about our island, a picture of a rock with a single tree on it emerges! We are, of course, somewhere in between.

Our first stop is a very special place which both legend and logic tell us is hallowed ground. It is called Two Lovers Point. Legend has it that two young Chamorros were deeply in love and when the girl's father refused her permission to marry, she and her boyfriend tied their long hair together and leapt to their death. From this lofty perch, the High Chiefs could visually survey the horizon for friend or foe, approaching our shores. They could also enjoy the majesty of the seas from here, the ruggedness of the shoreline, and the ponderous cliffs just as we are awed by them today. They also had a commanding view of the beautiful bay below which they called Tumhom.

One could only imagine a chief looking at Tumon Bay today and saying to a friend, "Gachong, those are rather strange looking Lattes down there at Tumhom, they are so tall and some of them look like pyramids. And why do they have windows? "Gachong responds: "Chief, they have windows because they are hotels with plenty of rooms. We have over one million natives of other islands visiting us every year now and we have to have a place for them to stay. You have not been up here for a few hundred years, Chief, and things have changed. It is called "progress". "I think I like that word, Gachong, but who is leading this progress procession?" "Our descendants are" answers Gachong. The Chief smiles and says, "I want you to get on the alaihai and pass the word, up and down, across the town - and the word is - make sure that as the procession moves we do not leave any stragglers behind. I am very happy that we are entering this century with our own sons & daughters leading the way."

This spectacular location has now become a favorite place for young lovers. They use this location not to tie their hair in death, but to tie a knot in marriage and a new life. Two Lovers Point, Touching base with our past. It is a place to see. It is a place to be.