For bikers and others heading to the 14th Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 17-18, 2018, ferry service will be available from Saipan on Feb. 16- 19. <\/p>\n
The Super Emerald ferry schedule is: <\/p>\n
\u2022 Feb. 16, departing Saipan at 6pm and departing Tinian at 8:30pm;
\n\u2022 Feb. 17, departing Saipan at 9am and departing Tinian at 6:30pm;
\n\u2022 Feb. 18, departing Saipan at 9am and departing Tinian at 5pm; and
\n\u2022 Feb. 19, departing Saipan at 8am and departing Tinian at 12pm<\/p>\n
Passengers will depart from the Commonwealth Ports Authority dock in Lower Base and must check in one hour before departure. <\/p>\n
Ferry round trip cost is $20 for ages 3-11, $35 for ages 12 and older, and free for children ages 0-2. <\/p>\n
For one way, the cost is $10 for ages 3-11, $18 for ages 12 and older, and free for children ages 0-2. <\/p>\n
Advance ticket purchase is required and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. <\/p>\n
Passengers are allowed up to 70 lbs of cargo, including bicycles. A $10 fee will be charged for additional cargo. <\/p>\n
Ticket purchases may be made at the Marianas Visitors Authority Office on Tinian and Saipan. Cash payments only will be accepted. <\/p>\n
The festival highlights Tinian\u2019s famously potent donni sali pepper. The event is also co-organized by the Tinian Mayor\u2019s Office and the 16th Tinian Municipal Council and sponsored by MVA members. Activities will include the road\/off road 65K Pika Bike Race on Feb. 17 at 6am, cooking competitions, indigenous craft sales, and live entertainment including cultural dances. <\/p>\n
Sample a variety of local dishes, catch the umang (hermit crab), join numerous sports activities (including beach volleyball), cook your best kadun pika (spicy stew), cha-cha to the championship, arm wrestle or join the donni sali eating competition itself. Festival times will be from 2pm to 11pm on both days. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs one of the MVA\u2019s annual signature event, the Tinian Hot Pepper Festival just keeps growing in popularity each year,\u201d said MVA Community Projects manager Martin Duenas. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect President\u2019s Day weekend getaway with family or friends, and we look forward to sharing Tinian\u2019s charm and hospitality with more visitors this year.\u201d <\/p>\n
Tinian is also accessible within minutes of Saipan via airplane or via connecting flights from Rota and Guam. <\/p>\n
Air service to Tinian is provided by Star Marianas. <\/p>\n
Available hotels on island include Tinian Ocean View Hotel, Fleming\u2019s Hotel, Lorilynn\u2019s Hotel, Tinian Street Motel and Green Lion House Hotel, and some hotels offer airport shuttle as well. <\/p>\n
For more information, contact the MVA Tinian office at 1 (670) 433-9365, email MVA Field Operations supervisor Vida Borja at vborja@mymarianas.com, or visit the Marianas Events Calendar at www.mymarianas.com. (MVA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For bikers and others heading to the 14th Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 17-18,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19760,212,1957,9236],"class_list":["post-268093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-marianas-events-calendar","tag-mva","tag-tinian-municipal-council","tag-vida-borja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}