where in the world ARE we??

With its Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Russian residents and tourists, not to mention the 60% Filipino local population, Saipan feels in many respects more Asian than North American. 

 

case in point: soup for breakfast at Saturday's farmer's market!

Evidently, A. found it so disorienting that she was shocked to see me using a US dollar bill one day.  "They use American money here?"  Yup, they sure do. 

Just look around, isn't it obvious this is the grand ol' US of A!   It's not like folks don't even speak English...

 

 

 

(okay, so this one is in English, but it's just really too awesome not to include in this set)
 

But once you get some reference points, it's really not so hard to navigate your way around town.  I mean, it's not like you just landed in a fantasy world in outer space. 

 

 

 

Or did you...