H.K. Motel Koror

... similar saltwater lakes in the islands and contains over ten million jellyfish that have descended and evolved from a common ancestor, the spotted jellyfish. Jellyfish Lake is completely isolated, but in the distant past, it had an outlet to the ocean. The outlet was closed off and the high jellyfish population was isolated and started to feed on quickly-reproducing algae. Contrary to popular belief, the jellyfish of Jellyfish Lake do have small stinging cells, or nematocysts. However ...

... further away dive sites, the reef hooks, the rental equipment,... .   We also say bye to our hotel and the dodgy internet place: the Rock Island Café.  We were glad to have internet access. But: it is expensive. We drink their beers and eat their food but we still pay for the wireless. It is not that the food is that good: my lasagna the last night is not even hot.  If a cook cannot even serve you warm food!   Pick-up tonight at 23h30. It is NOT going ...

When we arrive at the dive shop, Steve has news for us: we are going to the jelly fish lake, after our 2 dives. For me, 2 dives a day is enough. And we made it clear, we did not want to go to jelly fish lake. It gets worse: one does not dive there; one snorkels. Wait a minute: I hate jelly fish and I hate snorkeling and we need to pay 70 bucks extra for that? They can also dump us on a beach and pick us up an hour or 2 later. No, we cannot be ...

... It can be very dangerous. Good start... . It IS very nice. And the current behaves. Why do we have pitures? Because of our diving buddy: Bob. He is from New York and lives in Indonesia. Richard is filming during the dive and we actually end up buying the video, He did a great job! Dinner at the corner of our street: dodgy Chinese. See you tomorrow at the diving.

... It does not appear on the surface either. We were diving a wall, 250 meter down. My Hubby is great as usual. He is sad because my new year's present is gone. But goes: ah well, ... . Does not get angry, nervous or blames me. We quietly sit out our surface interval and go for our second dive. It is weird without camera. Bob, our only dive mate, offers his camera if we want to do a land tour. Big expensive Nikon! Tomorrow, we have a dive break. No plans.

... I cannot believe it. My Hubby gears up our equipment. We sail by the 'islands'. They are really more like atolls. Inhabited, overgrown by trees and the bottom is eaten away by the corrosion of the water. By low tide, a boat can fit under there. It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life! Prettier then Pang nga, James Bond island in Thailand. The speed boat takes almost an hour. And: the Blue Corner deserves its place in the top 100. Giant groupers ...

... meet the water. This is for 3 reasons. First the acidity of the rain eats away at the stone as it travels down the roots of the plants. Also the waves are constantly pounding into the rock. Lastly these little critters eat bugs out of the small holes in the rock. Their tongues are so sharp that they actually cut away at the ...

... wide. They circle above clusters of coral called cleaning stations because fish hang out on this coral and eat parasites off the Mantas when they swim around them. For a full 20 minutes or so we just sat there and watched these graceful creatures soaring through the water-fantastic!! Of course there was beautiful coral and plenty of sharks, turtles, and other sea life to observe. One particularly friendly and ...

... Palau that we dove were all in protected waters, this meant no strong currents and a nice break from the reefs. It seemed like aquarium diving after the reefs. The old steel structures were coated with new coral life and all types of small fish, turtles, lobsters, and some even had many artifacts still visible like old solder helmets, mounted guns and other items. These ships lay mostly between 80-120 feet, we were able to dive these at night as ...

In the morning we ate and got a car. We were driving around and looking for these people some friends told us to talk to. Our first stop we found a tourist office and we talked them for a while. Then we looked for a guy named "Mitz" but he was sick. So then we went to the PCAA (Palau Community ...