Koror, Palau Travel Blogs

Spending 30 hours "Where the Rainbow Ends"
Mar 22, 2007 (4 photos)

... the nightly news or in school geography classes. Once the USA took over the island chain from Japanese occupiers during WWII, Palau became a Trust Territory run by the USA for fifty years until it became fully independent in 1994. Today the small nation ...

Breath taking: from the air for a change
Jun 10, 2008 (15 photos)

... takes my breath away and tears to my eyes. The brochure says: 10-15 minutes for 75$. We fly more than 20 minutes. IF you go to Palau: you HAVE to do this.   I stay jumpy all day. Bob needs his camera back, tomorrow: he is leaving and we have 3 days ...

Chandelier chambers and blue holes
Jun 12, 2008 (3 photos)

  We dive a Japanese vessel, sunk in 1944. And the chambers. Those are air chambers UNDER an island, only reachable when diving. They ARE amazing! You dive under an island and come up in air chambers. You can take your mask off in there: the air is ...

The most dangerous dive site in the world
Jun 8, 2008 (3 photos)

In case you are planning to come to Palau: a couple of websites.  Yesterday, we had a day off. Did not do much. We looked for an internet café, mentioned in the Lonely Planet. As often before: Lonely Planet is outdated. We do find a hotel with ...

No pictures for a while since ...
Jun 6, 2008

... we lost our camera. This time for good. It is at the bottom of the sea.   What started off as a nice day, turns bad. Sun is shining in the morning, not anymore when we reach our dive site: it is raining cats and dogs. Sea is rough. I roll in ...

We dive nr2 of the top 100 dive sites of the world
Jun 5, 2008 (21 photos)

  Oops, the local Beata screwed up again: pick up is not at 7h30 but at 8h. 5 minutes drive later, we arrive at our dive shop: Fish 'n Fins: it is the best oiled dive shop I have ever seen. They sell about everything a diver might want, all with the ...

Where the rainbow ends
Dec 10, 2007 (20 photos)

... out they were wondering if I was on the crew-oops! It's going to be called Survivor Micronesia but it was really filmed in Palau. The secret is out! By the end of the trip my bruises had faded and my dog bite was healing quite nicely. I was ...

Recap of the trip
Mar 20, 2007 (10 photos)

... (Greg's BIL from Dallas TX)- this pic is taken in Chandler Caves close to the Island were we stayed, popular dive location for Palau.  This is a group of caves with around 4 air chambers; the name comes from the hanging rock formations that look like ...

Palau
Dec 10, 2007 (14 photos)

... the tv show Survivor was just wrapping up filming.  It's going to be called Survivor Micronesia even though it was filmed in Palau.  When you see it on tv next year you can know that I was there! Of course there were georgous views to ...

Palau Diving
Aug 16, 2004 (10 photos)

Alii from Palau, We had another day of diving today which was not as good as days before because the seas were too rough to get out to the good sites but still saw some interesting things... kissing turtles, sharks, sharks and more sharks. We are ...

Sailing Palau
Dec 16, 2008

See www.sailpalau.com for now.....

Finally on Palau
Mar 27, 2006

After a short stopover on Yap to drop off passengers, and for a security check, we we enroute again and arrive on Palau after midnight. On Yap, before we landed, there was an announcement on the plane, that the left side would have to de-plane, and go ...

Palau Update (Aug 13th)
Aug 13, 2004

... from Palau with a tired, grumpy Bryan next to me so this will be very brief and no pictures. We have been diving 2 days here in Palau and wow, this is why we came here - the first dive we saw 5 turtles, 5 sharks, unicorn fish, very colorful soft coral and ...

After the Kayak Trip
Aug 15, 2004 (5 photos)

We arrived safely home from our kayak trip. We had a guided tour on Saturday and then we camped out overnight on our own private rock island beach. Then, we kayaked through Risong Bay on our own Sunday. We will include pictures that highlight our ...

Update from Palau
Aug 22, 2004 (5 photos)

... to Peleliu to dive and visit the World War II relics and then went on a bumpy adventure into the northernmost island of Palau - Babledaob. Tuesday, Aug 17 - Finally dove Turtle Cove and BLUE CORNER (Bryan was quite excited to say the least - he bugged ...

Leaving Palau
Aug 24, 2004 (10 photos)

Hello one last time from Palau. We are leaving tonight, well, tomorrow morning at 1:45am for Truk to dive the WWII wrecks. Unfortunately, we may be leaving civilization and this might be the last time you hear from us for a while or doubtful we will be ...

Arriving in Palau
Aug 6, 2006 (42 photos)

... so that's when I was doing the wreck diving and some of the channel dives. Ironically, the most chaotic dive I had in Palau was during that time. I didn't know what was happening when we were underwater but I definitely knew it was not good. After ...

Wow! Palau!
Jun 26, 2008 (112 photos)

... 100 miles form the atoll of Kayangel to the island of Angaur plus five tiny islands, known as the southwest islands. Palau's profuse, unspoiled reefs offer a wealth of marine life, coral formations and wrecks. Dives begin in knee deep water and plunge ...

Oct 8, 2009 (1 photos)