Palau Plantation Resort
Travel Blogs from Koror
Pristine Palau - Jewel of the Pacific
- Hopped from Guam to Palau in an UNITED AIRLINES flight. even …
Flying MNL-ROR
Outside MNL Terminal 3, I found the shuttle van to Terminal 1 and boarded at 6:08. I noticed a sign stating the fare to use the interterminal shuttle is 20 pesos (47 cents). Wow, that's bizarre. I’ve never seen an airport transfer vehicle charge for a ride before. And this was not good because I only had exactly 550 pesos left, which I had specifically saved to pay the departure tax leaving MNL.
The driver popped his head in the van and ...
Sharks and Jellys
... is watching 50-100 sharks zoom about within feet of you as they hunt the schools of fish before you. Neither Sukhia nor I had ever seen so many sharks at once and it was awesome!
One of the other wonders of Palau is a place called Jellyfish Lake. It is a natural lake found on one of the small islands. Apparently, most of Palau was underwater in the past. As water levels fell during the last Ice Age, a species ...
Paradise at its finest
... with stingless jellyfish. We were there in September 2010 as the last field outing for the mangrove project. We had the extreme good fortune to be able to work with the staff at PICRC, as well as Forest Service colleagues Rich and Caitlin. We'll let the pictures and captions speak for our experiences there; suffice it to say it was a fantastic way to end our adventures in the 'nesias. ...
9.08pm - All That Glitters
... of years ago and all the moon jellies died from the heat, along with a few million of the goldies. Fortunately, the little suckers have been breeding like translucent bunnies ever since and the total population as of 2008 is back up to ten million (amazingly, still less than 2006, when the estimate was closer to fourteen million). There are other species of golden jellies, but these ones are very special, because due to the lack of predators, not only did they ...
Location
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service