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Travel Blogs from Koror
Pristine Palau - Jewel of the Pacific
... when they heard i had actually travelled all teh way from India to visit Palau purely for tourism purposes.. Cant blame them, since as much as i can recall, i was the only NON-Japanese/Non-Diving tourist in the entire island
Flying MNL-ROR
... check of the airplane before the continuing segment to GUM. All standbys were also told to deplane to receive their next boarding pass. We arrived at ROR 26 minutes late at 1:56 p.m. This is my second time in Palau. My friend Mike and I spent a couple days here during our grand Micronesia adventure of February 2010. Too bad I won’t be able to stay and enjoy it! But I have to get back home to get ready for my Barcelona-to-Dubai cruise, which departs April ...
Close Encounters With Jellyfish
... of painful jellyfish sting stories over the years, it was hard to remember that these bizarre looking blobs offered up only a mild sting that most people can't feel (a result of evolution since these fish have no predators in the lake). I really felt like I was in one of those 'Honey I Shrunk The Kids' movies and I was now swimming around a Petrie dish filled with some unidentified bacterial virus. With their somewhat transparent coverings, jelly texture, and ...
Palau
... noodles were made of but they were good. Our next dive was Ulong Channel again but along the outer side of the reef. Not the same experience but still a very scenic dive. There are actually a lot more dive sites on Palau than we got to see but we did see 3 of the top picks and some pretty cool stuff so we were very happy. We’ll have to make it a point to come back to see more.
After we arrived back at Sam’s we found out ...
9.08pm - All That Glitters
... ll try.
So despite the events of the previous eight hours, at 8.25am I was waiting patiently on the dock for the Sam’s Tour boat to pick me up. I thought it was just going to be a Jellyfish Lake tour, but it was actually a few sites around the Rock Islands, which are, oddly enough, islands made of rock near Koror. Specifically, limestone. Our guide today was a lovely Palauan girl called Emerald (I know, right?) who led the intrepid snorkelling team ...