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Trip Report December 24-31, 2017 Palau Trip Report
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Dan
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You welcome. Thanks for the kind words. I’m happy to share such great experience.
I was hoping to be able to snorkel with the stingless Jellyfish, but I heard that the last El Niño wiped them out. There are still some juveniles in the bottom of the lake. It would take sometime for them to recover. The same case with those stingless jellyfish in Raja Ampat in November 2017. We ended up skipping the boat tour to the site.
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Lucky you.
Although I made all 25 dives during that trip & awarded an Iron Diver medal (together with 9 other divers, LOL) I caught a flu bug at the end of the trip & got really sick during the flight home. During 5 out of 7 hour flight from Guam to Honolulu, I actually passed out & fell on the floor while waiting for my turn to go to the toilet. EMS took me to the emergency hospital in Honolulu. My body temperature was 103F (40C) & severely dehydrated. The nurse put me on IV fluid for hydration & Tamiflu. So I spent 2nd New Year eve celebration in the emergency hospital in Honolulu. After 6-hour rest & emptied a liter of IV fluid, my body function was back to normal & got a medical clearance to continue my journey home. However, by then there was pretty much no hotel room available to stay for the night for < $300. So, of to the airport I went to sleep for 2 hours on a bench before boarding on the next available flight home.
One thing that might be important to remember when considering a liveaboard vs. hotel is the travel time to the dive sites. If you stay in the Koror area...your average time to the sites is about 45 minutes there and back. Be sure to pack a light rain jacket. The boats speed along at a good clip...the rain hitting you is rather uncomfortable. 
The liveaboard option really lessens the travel time to the sites. Don't forget to bring your own reef hook. Sam's Tours supplied them on our visits...Fish N Fins did not. It's a MUST!
The liveaboard option really lessens the travel time to the sites. Don't forget to bring your own reef hook. Sam's Tours supplied them on our visits...Fish N Fins did not. It's a MUST!
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Dan
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One thing that might be important to remember when considering a liveaboard vs. hotel is the travel time to the dive sites. If you stay in the Koror area...your average time to the sites is about 45 minutes there and back. Be sure to pack a light rain jacket. The boats speed along at a good clip...the rain hitting you is rather uncomfortable.
I brought 2 hooks from home, just in case I lose one
.I’ll go with Sam’s Tours next time.
I went with Fish N Fins on Polaris ATV tour, off roading to places unaccessible with car. That was fun.
dirtfarmer
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If you do that bring a few buddies. When I went solo I got shuffled around quite a bit.
There is a smaller boutique shop which I can't recall their name that you might look for. I've heard good reviews of them.
I'd really love to hit Palau in the spring for reef shark mating season. I've read it's off the hook sharky then
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