Saipan CNMI (US Territory) - Food, Sites, WWII, Beaches & More! - Adam Koralik
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.พ. 2023
- It's Adam Koralik here and today we're traveling to Saipan in the CNMI, a US territory. This continues our three week adventure, and the third of TWELVE episodes. This episode will have a heavy focus on just about everything to do in Saipan!
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28 Celsius is about 82 Fahrenheit, for those who are curious :)
Half way around the world to get a coffee? Please let Mikey take over the channel.
#worthit
And to get that Cajun seasoning.
What a trip! I grew up on Saipan. I lived on Capitol Hill, real close to the Kagman turn off. Did high school and went to the community college there. Going to Forbidden Island, chilling at Townhouse Beach, the street market on Thursdays and the Flametree festival! Those were the days! Good to see you enjoyed your visit!
Yeah nei!
First time watching your Channel! Haven't been home for almost 20yrs now!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Great to see Saipan & it looks amazing. Food & adventure hikes nothing better.
So nice not having music to listen to! You're the man.
Very kind of you guys to share your cool video show thank you guys.
My dad was In the military and he always tells me story’s about visiting Saipan. Said it was one of the craziest experiences of his life. Everyone is partying all the time
new sub here. Born on the island of Rota, Raised in Guam, lived and went to college in Saipan (2 years). I enjoyed the dirt roads and miss home so much. Thanks for visitng my home.
Great video. Thanks for the insights into the CNMI. I plan to sail there in the not too distant future.
i miss home! thanks for uploading this :)
Its a shame this channel only has 3500 subs. Keep it up Adam, I think this is your niche
Yeah, working on getting those numbers up.
I actually used to work on one of those ships many years ago. It’s was an MSC(military sealift command) ship and we were anchored offshore because we carried ammunitions. Great video tho. Brings back many memories of Saipan
I haven’t been home in a while. Glad to see this video, pretty cool. 😎 I see Glen! 👋
Really enjoying this channel. I’m hoping to do a trip to Hawaii, Guam and CNMI.
They're great places to visit!
It was so great having the "Papa San" himself Adam come by our beautiful islands, I cant wait till next year where we will not trick him to having a pickle
No pickles!
spent some time diving there in mid 70's. Sure has changed
This is a little different for most people who aren't familiar with the food of Guam and CNMI but any time I have a cold..I take shots of extra hot finadene! Finadene is always on deck in house or sawsawan which is pretty much the same as finadene but that's what it's called in the Philippines. I've never seen lumpia eaten like that! Usually we just dip lumpia in spicy vinegar. Looks like you had a great time in Saipan! Thank you for the tour!
Interesting thing about call letters is there are a few tv and radio stations that don’t conform to the Mississippi River divide. I know the cbs station in Pittsburgh being one example.
In Canada most of our stations start with a C but we don’t have exclusive use of calls starting with C. Technically Canada only has CF, CG, CH, CI, CJ and CK. CB is used for most CBC owned tv and radio stations but calls starting with CB technically don’t belong to Canada, they belong to Chile. There are also some commercial radio stations in Newfoundland that start with VO. These exist because they predate Newfoundland confederation with Canada in 1949.
This is my first time finding out Adam Koralik did a video on this. How did I not know about this?! Only found it by looking at tangential videos about the NMI. - Viellain
Enjoy!
You find the best prohibited signs I swear man 🤣
I do what I can.
FYI Red Bull (or “Krating Daeng” in Thai) was originally from Thailand. They went international when the Thai inventor partnered with a toothpaste salesman from Austria. No joke. Anyways those small bottle variants you found are the original Thai style formula.
Hafa adai from Virginia Beach. I’m originally from San Roque village. Awesome video.
Wow a road to kalaberra cave..we use to hike thru to the cave...now you can just drive thru😊
Java Joe’s reminds me of Mocha Joe’s from Curb Your Enthusiasm. I’m shocked to see you not have a cawfee that isn’t black. Lumpia is amazing! That whole dish looked delicious. I grab it from the Filipino places here in Seattle. I want that Loco Moco though. That beach though omg. We should all plan a trip to Samoa. I’d check it out. That’s a cool park with the rainbow. That cow was so cute. I would have gotten out to pet it lol That was a serious pickle jar. You should have gotten it. That abandoned building was gaudy but pretty if that makes sense and that tank was awesome. Your face when you were in the TV was great😂
No pickles!
What a beautiful place.
That chicken at the end tho.
Haffa dai saipan love to be there..❤
The show "wind Talkers" with Nicholas cage had scenes about the battle of Saipan.
The surf club is absolutely my favorite place to eat in Saipan. CHUNJI Restaurant in garapan is my second favorite.
Ah, next to Sura. Cool!
If you enter through Hawaii you can get to the CNMI on your Birth Certificate but if you come by Narita (Japan), you MUST have your passport.
I lived on Guam and a buddy of mine worked for United Airlines would buddy pass us to saipan. Did go carting, went to ww2 sites, a movie theater, went to strip clubs...had fun.
Sounds awesome!
As impressed are you were by Banzai cliff you should check out the Oregon coast … especially around Cape Prepetuia and Heceta Head and Sea lion Caves.
Interesting place looks like there's alot of My kababayan over there.
Realy underwhelmed
Those ships you see are called Prepositioning ships. They're with the US Military Sealift Command.
Exactly! I worked on one many years back 2005. It’s was carry ammunitions
Its the same temp year round, my dude.
Ps. Portillos for life
Not in Guam son. I don't see why Saipan would be different.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Every body of land near the equator sits around 33° year round with minor fluctuations. Humidity is an entirely different story. So, guam, saipan, ecuador, Congo or Singapore, no matter where the dart lands its going to waffle right around there year round.
sign my wife up for the fried lumpia, I quote 'hell yeah!' it does look pretty good. same with the snacks and sodas there, those oreo wafer rolls sounded pretty tempting. (devil's cucumbers, not so much.... )
MVP!
Another supplement about Banzai Cliff.
Have you heard that there are man-eating sharks lurking on the blood-stained sea surface, and many of the victims became their prey?
Can't say I've heard that.
Lumpia is a Filipino delicacy, along with adobo, and puto - the rice cake you guys just consumed with coffee.
Filipino puto is similar to the island delicacy Potu 😊
By the way, the French inspired Japanese cookie said “cat’s tongue” in French.
Jesus this place feels like Honolulu but with Korean, Chinese, Japanese and locals all mixed together in a hotpot.
Remember, Hawaii grows their coffee as well. Actually bigger farms and one of the world’s best.
Yep!
I want to buy that casino if it's still for sale and turn it around. Long term vision is solid and would bring lots of international tourism.
You should credit filipino lumpia is a native filipino dish. In saipan theres a lot of filipino living in that area.
9:02 "Vegetables are vegetables." -Adam Koralik
20:35 Those oreos in your hand are not Korean, they are Vietnamese. But the Hershey's stuff on the shelf is Korean.
22:12 The highest person (up) in all of Saipan!!!!
30:38 lmfao
31:45 Adam really enjoying the staff playing Adam's videos in the restaurant, lmfao. Were you embarrassed because of the emphasis on your work or frustrated at their inability to access the old Saipan video?
Adam's enthusiasm is contagious throughout this vid! Looking forward to Tinian.
It was mostly because other people would come in to the restaurant see me on both and do double takes.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Hahahahah, very sitcomish situation.
Exactly.
Saipan is not "on fire" in summer Chi-Town (my family is on St. Paul Ave). This island's temperature is static ... the change in the heat index or "feels like" temperature is because of the wind conditions. Winter is windy and Summer has no wind which creates a more intense feel, but the temperature is pretty static. If you talk to any fisherman, they can explain it to you in terms of their economy. Fishing is abundant in the summer months when the wind and currents allow for fisherman to fish. In winter you will have to ask a restaurant, "did you get any fish today?" It is not a given if fresh fish is on a menu, that it is available that day if it is a winter month.
I mean, that's sure not the case in Guam or according to the guys I was hanging with. But as long as you're comfortable in it.
What do you mean by static?
@@MGreen-vz6yb stays the same, no movement on the thermometer.
@@MGreen-vz6yb pretty much 80 degrees year round.
Don’t disturb the peace. I think they have Nat’l Park Service Law Enf. Rangers to keep you in line. “Drop the coconut! Do it NOW!” 🥥🔫👀
Nice video. Useful info. Interesting that Chinese Coca-Cola has NO HFCS in it as well. I don't understand why the USA Coke has to have it.
Cheaper to produce
Man I need to get myself a visa asap
You don't need a visa to go to Saipan because it's a U.S. territory.
My husband wants to go …..I’m not thrilled with a 20 hour flight.
Is Sura the same as the one in Oahu?? I've been to that one it was damn good... Gotta go back..
I don't know, didn't know there was a place on Oahu called that.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld yeah.. open late too.. I got there at midnight.. Like your vids bro .. 👊
Thanks!
Lumpia is an Indonesian word for egg rolls
I'm really interested in moving here to continue my Japanese studies and work until I can pass the JLPT N1 and get a job as a translator. Is it hard to find unskilled jobs on Saipan?
You'd have to ask a local, I'm just a tourist.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Thanks for the reply. Dang asking a local is difficult, but old fashion pen pals may be an option.
Ask Glenn or Mikey. Glenn commented on this video.
Tbh it’s pretty hard to secure a good job, esp one that pays well
Almost same as the philippines
Saipan is we’re I live btw I live in kagman but not telling my house…
Prepositioning ships, privately owned contracted by DOD...loaded with military equipment and supplies.
Merchant marine personnel
kona coffee
think U said u from Chicago. Can travel with IL ID or DL to Saipan ? dont need a passport ? same like u go to Hawaii ?
Kind of yes. If you're coming in from the US (in this case Guam), then yes. But, the problem is getting out. Saipan requires a passport to exit, even back to the US.
The CNMI is a US territory.
No, it is not required to have a passport if you are a US Citizen.
It is smart to have one for these reasons.
The issue is getting on the island. Flights typically will go to either ICN (Korea), NRT (Japan), sometimes the Philippines.
Yes, you can fly to Guam (another US territory), but it is always an overnight stay. Flights via Guam to Saipan have a very limited flight schedule, usually AM.
Guam is currently about $600 round trip to Saipan and Korea is about $300 round trip.
You would want to check with each individual airline for their schedules on and off the island. Many flights have not returned since the pandemic.
When you come to a place like Saipan, paradigm shift your concept of typical anything. Nothing is guaranteed, nothing is typical. Being here without a passport is not smart, and way too limiting if you need to go quickly. No guarantee to fly in or out of Guam, and there is the hotel expense also.
So technically, yeah you don’t need a passport, but yes if you plan to visit have a passport. There is also the consideration of war. You do not know which country you may have to go through to get back to the continental U. S.
The airport website for Saipan is under the port authority
cnmiports.com where you can see details.
Another dependent economy on the fritz. The economic collapse in Saipan is so bad that even the former governor of the territory is calling it out. But still it’s much better in Saipan than wherever you originated- Chicago?
What a truly bizarre comment. Kudos.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Oh my gosh, you took the words right out of my mouth. That was bizaare and not in context with your generous video and trip sharing.
One of your friend is wearing a filipino t shirt
The casino was illegally built, the governor of Saipan was paid off and he's facing federal criminal charges, the labor was not paid and the federal government did not grant permits for China to build on the island, construction stopped do to the illegal building .. would be nice to finish and open but thats up in the air.
How’s the weather say end of March?
Never been there at that time, warm definitely.
Here in March: Low in low 70's & Highs are in the high 80's. We expect 88 Fahrenheit today. It is warm. The sun is on top of your head the second you step outside. It reminds me of when I lived in Houston, Texas.
Thanks, forecast is showing rain all week , I’m hoping it’s just passing then sun then rain, I can deal with that… oh I know Houston heat 😂
What Local food did u eat
Didn't the video show it?
What is the cost of living there!
Not sure, I only have a tourist perspective
So what is this food here? Its food and you eat it.
rental cost?
Rental?
Saipan is a possession not a territory
Thank you for the comment, appreciate it!
Colonies or possessions are when an empire wipes out an indigenous population to mine their resources for the betterment of the invading state.
The US inherited its territories from colonizers, it didn't wipe out the population, and oh yeah...subsidizes their existence. The polar opposite of a colony or possession.
Please don't come at me with half baked soap box political takes based on a total lack of understanding of what words actually mean.
Yes, we are a U.S. Territory, est. 1975. Here is the explanation for you, compliments of Google (not google scholar). The Federal law making the CNMI a U.S. territory passed in 1975. The CNMI adopted the U.S. constitution in 1977, and the CNMI's first constitutional government took office in 1978.
14:02 i got logan paul ptsd
Are you seriously attempting to correlate me with him? For real man? You're going that below the belt?
@@AdamEatsTheWorld ?
@@AdamEatsTheWorld what does below the belt mean
Comparing me to Logan Paul, just means it's an insult. Though I'm not actually offended.
What is CNMI?
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territory.
Prices?
You'll have to be a tad more specific.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Food prices, gas prices, cost of renting a vehicle, etc. etc.
You need a passport but not a visa!
Correct.
Saipan belongs to the Philippines
It... doesn't. It's a US territory, previously held by Japan, Germany before that, Spain before that....
The Philippines has only been a country since 1946.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld NOPE. That's a lie. Guam, Palau, Spratlys and East Sabah belong to the PHILIPPINES. Guam, Palau and Northern Marianas were Spanish East Indies aka the Spanish Philippines.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld Spain viewed the Philippines and Palau, along with the rest of the Carolinas and Marianas, not as separate countries but as part of the Spanish East Indies aka the SPANISH PHILIPPINES. Doesn't matter how you twist the truth. Saipan belongs to the Philippines.
Yeah, no, sorry, I live in reality. You can argue some ancient historical claim all you want, but good luck having the world recognize that.
@@AdamEatsTheWorld truth hurts I know. 😆 your welcome, land thieves. 🤭
Can someone PLEASE correct the saying that Saipan is called a U.S. Territory. It is not. SAIPAN is a Commonwealth of the U.S. there is a difference.
Saipan is an island in the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands which is...a US territory.
Can u tell us what is the difference between the two?
Based on a quick Google search, there isn't one. But I'm all ears, tell me.
The narrator is a tad hyper……geeze slow the camera down! The locals seems bored by his meaningless dribble………
Well aren't you pleasant! Thanks for watching!