http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Palau en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:46:42 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:46:42 BST Hopefully this will be my final enty for the Palau Blog...The day after our last dive in Palau we spent the day at the Palau Pacific Resort just snorkeling on the private reef there which was fantastic I spotted a moray eel and searched again for the octopus we had spotted a couple of days previously.Grae had developed a very sore ear infection which wasent helped by the doctor stabbing him in http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-289526.html During a conversation with Simon the Frenchman Ed's flatmate we talked about where to dive in asia. Simon had been an instructor in the area for several years. Philippines ok. Thailand very touristy. I mentioned our plans to fly to Palau and Simon's response was don't quit diving after Palau eh You'll never think diving is good elsewhere again With this in mind Lauren and Simon arrive http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-287600.html Wow PalauI am happy never to go to another country on holiday again for me Palau was perfect.The islands are green and lush the sea is crystal clear and teeming with life the sky is a Turner what more could I ask for.Palau is about a two hour flight east of the Philippines and has been occupied by the Americans and the Japanese at different points through history. Now the Islands are independa http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-283614.html First just a small note about my last entry on Tubbataha...I forgot to let you know that not only did I see awhaleshark easily between 8 to 10 meters long cruising at 21 meters deep...but I had also two of the best night divesever. Quite easy to understand when you see the amount of fish. But this time you can imagine that in a singletorch light I had the chance to see at the same time a huge http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-283531.html So I arranged a trip to palau. I was telling everyone I met. I'm going to Palau. And they'd say Cool... um... where's Palau and I'd say Micronesia and they'd say Cool....um.... where's Micronesia insert embarrassed tone and bashful expression here And I'd say Um....north. I didn't really exactly know where it was either. Even now after I've been there I have a little difficulty http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-273705.html For Bryan's birthday I decided to treat us to Palau. Apparently if you live on Guam and have never been to Palau people think you're weird. Part of it is because due to some ear thing I have I can't ever dive and I didn't think there was much left to do other than that. Lucky for me I was enlightened by a couple of nondiver friends so I got to see a side of Palau very few people speak of. T http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-246857.html End of July and time for a trip to Palau to sort out some work stuff. I was also planning to take the opportunity to do a little more exploration around the island of Koror and hopefully some sea kayaking. But low and behold the day before I was to set off for the 1.5 days of travel just to get to Palau from Fiji I came down with the most horrible cold ever. My nose was well disgusting and I http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-211642.html Hello Everyone I apologize for the lack of posting the internet connection in Palau is superspotty. So on my last night in Palau sitting on the beach looking up at the Southern Cross thinking about what an amazing magical place this is. If you want to see the most pristine reefs the most unusual wildlife and eat the most unusual food this is the place. The majority of this trip has bee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-147989.html Alii to everyone from the nation of Palau in Micronesia I am sorry it's taken me so long to post when I got off the twin prop plane in Palau I felt a sharp pain in my neck and then everything went dark.... I awoke to find myself tied to a spit with the palauans arguing about who was to light the fire under me. I realized I had been ambushed and hit with a blow dart in the neck and brought t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-145613.html Let me explain the title. What was unexpected was finding this huge brand new pseudoclassical building up on the top of a hill in the middle of nowhere on the main island of Koror in Palau. This is the new government building which has been designed so inefficiently from an energy view point that it is costing the government tens of thousands of US dollars a month to maintain That's money the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-138224.html Sorry for the delay...Many of you have been waiting for this blog but here it is Palau is one of the most extraordinary diving spots in the world for many divers but not so many had the chance to really experience diving there...Not much flight to reach the capital Koror 2 per week from Manilla and few others through Guam a huge area to cover that make day trip quite frustrating if you are http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-77101.html sie ist klein und sie ist gruen. sie hat magische anziehungskraft das behaupten zumindest die palauaner in eintraechtigem unisono mit den meisten anderen insulanern des westlichen pazifik und verstauen sie liebevoll in eigens dafuer geflochtene basttaeschchen. die rede ist von der betelnuss des palauaners lieblingsdroge. pazifischer alltag ist nicht denkbar ohne diese wundergabe der natur d http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/blog-5409.html nach einem guten monat auf der insel besser den inseln die mit obigem slogan fuer sich werben ist die zeit reif fuer einen weiteren travelblogeintrag. palau ist der kleine trotzkopf des pazifik. seit 1994 unabhaengige eigenstaendige republik hat dieses 18.000 koepfe inclusive der ca. 2000 einwanderer zaehlende voelkchen im vorfeld der unabhaengigkeit entschieden dass es nicht in die foedera http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Palau/Koror/blog-4118.html