Merizo

Merizo, or Malesso, is the southern village from which boats cross to Cocos Island, a low sand cay on the reef with a resort beach, a lagoon shallow enough to wade and the calmest water on Guam. The village keeps a Spanish bell tower and a small convent among wooden houses, and the pier is where the crossing starts. Outside the lagoon the reef drops away and dive boats work the wall. The southern villages hold their fiestas here through the year, and the road north to Inarajan runs past cliffs, taro patches and the island's quieter coast.