(1146) Music & Me (Dec. 24, 2015) 1991--The Last Year That I Spent Christmas and New Year in Philippines

1991 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT THE MALL IN PHILIPPINES
         6-year-old Karen Gennibeth Hernandez, middle, her friend Len-Len, left, spent their 1991 Christmas at the mall watching movie, strolling at department stores and played games at video center. It's the common sight on Philippines Christmas in urban areas but more exciting in the provinces.
                               (Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Flor Hernandez)




  1991 -- THE LAST YEAR THAT I SPENT
        CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 
                     IN PHILIPPINES
  

WHEN I was offered to work in Palau as musician in late 1991, I don’t have any idea that I will not be spending my next 24 Christmases and New Years in the Philippines again because the job of a musician is always busy during Christmas and New Year’s Eve countdown.

My passport and papers are ready for my trip on Feb. 04, 1992. We spent our Christmas at the mall with my wife Flor and Karen, together with our neighbor and Karen’s friend Len-Len.

During the 1991New Year’s Eve celebration, I have to be very extra careful with firecrackers. In lighting the “trigger” or starting point of the firecracker, I will tie a candle to a long bamboo stick, light the candle and use it for safety because I don’t want to risk losing a finger or two. They are my most ‘treasured’ part of my hands.

In Bahrain, during New Year’s Eve celebration, we used balloons and guests were given pins to pop the balloons to make a noise or a popping sound because firecrackers are not allowed to be used there.

In that 1991 New Year’s Eve countdown, there’s a guy who is clever enough to scare the people that are passing the narrow street in front of our house. He ‘made’ a very big triangle firecracker using the paper from the sack of 50-pound cement. It looks like an original triangle firecracker but 30 times bigger. He also used a rope as the ‘trigger’ point to make it look like real. Many passersby choose to avoid it especially when he is holding a lighter and ‘ready’ to light it.

The 1992 Christmas in Palau is just like an ordinary day. Very few business establishments have Christmas decorations or lights. You can’t feel the spirit of Christmas.

But New Year’s Eve countdown is different and expensive for hotels and resorts that are hiring musicians from Guam to perform for one night and have to pay for their airfare, accommodation and talent fee.

Since Image Restaurant have a ‘complete’ band already in me, lead guitarist Wilson and drummer Willy, our boss Margarita Borja Dalton don’t need to hire musicians from Guam, like what Palau Pacific Resort is doing every year.

 

 

 

Sources: Music and Me
               By Roberto Hernandez
               Tia Belau Newspaper
               March 15, 2012 -- April 2013
               http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
               April 2013 -- December 24, 2015

               Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
               The Beginning of Chess in Palau
               By Roberto Hernandez
               June 09, 2002 -- December 24, 2015
               To be published as a book in the future

 

 

(924) "PETS" OF PALAU ROYAL RESORT and Palau Pacific Resort

MORE POPULAR THAN PRR STAFF
     This estrange wild cat (no owner) became a "pet" of Palau Royal Resort as he/she (not sure of 'gender') usually comes at Breeze Bar of PRR whenever (it) smells food. When guests feed (it), that's the time that it comes closer to them.
                                                       (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


    'PETS' OF PALAU ROYAL RESORT
             and Palau Pacific Resort

IF Palau Pacific Resort has wild chickens/hens as their 'pets', Palau Royal Resort accidentally have a cat that became one of the 'attractions' at PRR.

Some staff are jealous of the cat's popularity especially among Japanese tourists as the cat has more photos taken by the guests than them including their popular musician Roberto Hernandez.

When Roberto used his chess prize (gift certificate of Brunch for 2 at Palau Pacific Resort Coconut Terrace Restaurant) with his wife Flor in Feb. 21, 2010, there are some wild chickens/hens that are picking up the bread crumbs and rice that fall down from guests' tables. Lesser job for janitors!

 About 3 years ago, there's a Japanese family of 4 (2 boys are teenagers) who had drinks at Breeze Bar of Palau Royal Resort. Three stray cats showed up but the white one with black spots is 'tamed' and play with one of the boys. He enjoyed the evening playing with the cat. The other 2 are 'wild' and nobody can touch them. The white one must be a pet of a neighbor.
 
Before leaving, the teenage boy asked Tonet Medilo (Cashier) if those cats are there at any given time. Tonet said, "Yes, and different colors." Those guests might come back to Palau for that 'added attraction'. That white cat showed up only once and never show up again. There's one white cat (different one) but very elusive. At the slightest different sound, it will and will leave. There is another one that's the same size and color of the 'popular' one but they quarrel every time. Maybe the popular one is saying... "This is my territory."
  

There are 4 young Japanese ladies 4 months ago that they enjoy 2 hours with this cat. All of them feed the cat with fish fingers and other snack food that they order. A lot of pictures were taken and maybe the cat ate more than the 4 ladies.

This cat likes fish fingers, chicken wings and other meat. It will hesitantly eat french fries if he's/she's hungry but never likes peanuts. Here recently, it is eating leftover fried rice.

This brown cat was there for many minutes during the Palau Chess Federation Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Waves Restaurant of Palau Royal Resort in Feb. 10, 2013. It's been a regular 'attraction' of the restaurant until one of PRR cook caught it with a net, put it in an empty sack of rice and bring the brown cat to a very far away place and leave the cat there. It never returns again.

Sometimes as many as 4 cats loiter around at the pool side, beach and Breeze Bar that there is a rumor that the management will pay $10.00 for a cat caught. This is not a good idea as some employees will bring some cats from outside and claim they caught it to get extra money.

Former Executive Chef of PRR Masaki Horie, left, went 'hunting' for the brown cat (above) with a water gun! He don't like animals roaming around a 5-star hotel/resort. He thought that cats are scared of water so he 'hunted' them with a water gun. It doesn't work.


The management 'adopted' the cat and it became an attraction. The guests really thought that the cat is a pet of the hotel. THE CAT FOUND A HOME AT P.R.R.!!!


Source: Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
               The Beginning of Chess in Palau
               By Roberto Hernandez
               2011-2015
               To be published as a book in the future
  

(913) UAE Sheik Visits Palau for 4 Hours on February 2010 (TBN-Feb. 15-21, 2010)

This year's collection of round fruits by Roberto includes papaya, guava, cantaloupe, water melon, pear, kiwi, tomato, apples, oranges, mandarin oranges, sour sop, mango, grapes, grape fruit, banana and pomegranate. 
     The sour sop on the laptop is this... (from Dragon Tei)

UAE Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan reportedly asked for this exotic fruit during his 4-hour visit to Palau in February 2010.

                                                                (Photo by Florabel Avila)




Sources: Tia Belau Newspaper
              Volume 19
              February 15-21, 2010

              Music and Me
              By Roberto Hernandez

              Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
              The Beginning of Chess in Palau
              By Roberto Hernandez
              To be published as a book in the future 

(751) MUSIC AND ME (May 01, 2014) GOOD APPETITE OF HERNANDEZ COUPLE

VALENTINE'S LUNCH DATE AT ROCK ISLAND CAFE
     Hernandez couple Roberto and Flor can't finish the big 18" pizza at Rock Island Cafe so they bring home the rest for dinner. Mother's Day lunch at Emaimelei Restaurant are regular occasion that they dine outside. If the lunch or dinner is complimentary, that's when their great appetite is put to test.

Enjoying the Brunch Gift Certificate for 2 at Palau Pacific Resort for finishing 4th in the 3rd Palau Invitational International Chess Championship held at Palau Royal Resort Conference Room in Dec. 14-20, 2011.
We place the food first on the table and have photos taken. Ella Asuncion, the General Manager's Secretary is with his dad at the farthest table. She bought the Brunch GC from Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr. for $30.00 and used it on Christmas day, 2011. Pax used the $20.00 for paying his registration fee and keep the $10.00.                                       (Photo by Roberto Hernandez -- Taken by Palauan waitress)


              GOOD APPETITE OF 
            HERNANDEZ COUPLE

A FEW months before the closing of Teppan Dragon Japanese Restaurant in 2010, my wife Flor was given a voucher worth $30.00 to be spent at Teppan Dragon.

It is a some sort of Christmas bonus instead of cash. Some employees sell their vouchers because they have tasted the food already at Teppan Dragon. They prefer cash.

My wife and I prefer to use it as it was -- experiencing the fine dining with her co-employees serving her this time.

When I won a room certificate at Palasia Hotel during our Christmas party at Rip Tide Bar and Grill, some people wants to buy it but we prefer to use it.

When we use it at Teppan Dragon, there is a Japanese couple already sitting and dining at the teppan table. They have some small pizza and dish that was cooked in front of them.

We sit next to them. When the fried rice was served, we finished it in just a few minutes and the Japanese couple noticed our great appetite.

When it's time for soup, salad and shrimp dish, it's also finished in a short time. The generous serving of the cook was in recognition that Flor works harmoniously with him.

The Japanese couple are convinced that the food is really great so they ordered the same as we have eaten!

OUR GREAT APPETITE IS CONTAGIOUS!

We just talk while they are eating the same as we have ordered. It don't taste as good as it taste to us because they have already eaten a heavy dinner. It happens to everybody.

I talked to them and gave them my Palau Royal Resort business card with 2 pictures of me and some information written in Japanese.

I told them that I used to work there as pianist. They can't believe it!

So I sat at the piano and played "Oribia O Kikinagara" and they appreciated it. They know now that I can play Japanese songs even without looking at the music score sheets.


ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2011, I used the Gift Certificate that I won for placing 4th in the 2011 Palau Invitational International Chess Championship with my wife.

There's a strange thing that happened in that tournament:
Me, working at Palau Royal Resort, won a gift certificate of brunch for 2 at Palau Pacific Resort for finishing 4th.

Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Palau top player for 5 years, won a dinner gift certificate for 2 at Palau Royal Resort for finishing 2nd.  He works at Palau Pacific Resort.

Paquito 'Pax' Suringa, Jr., who works also at Palau Royal Resort, won a brunch for 2 at Palau Pacific Resort for finishing 5th. He sold his certificate to Ella Asuncion for $30.00 and paid his $20.00 registration fee from that.

After the church service of Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ in the 4th Watch, I picked my wife up at 12:30.

Ella and his dad were there already at 11:30. I talked to them that I'm using my gift certificate with my wife.

We started getting food from buffet and choose all the expensive ones --shrimp, prime rib, appetizers and champagne with orange juice.

The small round table is not enough for food and we used the concrete divider to put the cakes and pastries.

Mr. Kowazuru, PPR Chief Engineer and regular customer at PRR, saw us having so many food at the table and said, "That's too much food".

    This photo of Mr. Kowazuru was published in the Music And Me column entitled "Perfect Attendance."
                                                    (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)    

   
He didn't know that we put that much food on the table for photos and we can finish those because we have GOOD APPETITE!

Flor were still able to get some chocolate ice cream. I'm diabetic so I avoided those. I just had a refill of champagne with orange juice.

MAYBE WE REALLY ATE A LOT BECAUSE IN GOING HOME, AT ABOUT A KILOMETER TRAVEL, WE'VE GOT A FLAT TIRE!

Two Palauan boys are asking if they can help but I politely said I can manage and change the tire with the spare one.

My long sleeve shirt got wet with too much perspiration and we proceed to PRR first so that I can change my shirt before dropping my wife.

 Lunch at Emaimelei Restaurant - Generous servings but cheap. Mostly Filipino food.                            (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)

Pizza (big) again at Rock Island Cafe.                         (Photo by Roberto Hernandez -Taken by a waitress)



Source:  Chess And Music (Perfect Combination)
                The Beginning of Chess In Palau
                By Roberto Hernandez
                December 25, 2011
                To be published as a book in the future
                  

(520) THREE PERFECT DAYS: PALAU

LINE MAN
     Local jack-of-all-trades Gary Esplago.


   THREE PERFECT DAYS: PALAU
                                            By Jacqueline Detwiler
                                   Photographs by Whitney Tressel
                      From: Hemispheres Magazine of United Airlines

THE appeal of an island paradise usually ends at a point where water meets land, but the attractions of this Pacific idyll go much deeper than that. All the way to the ocean floor, in fact.

                           DAY ONE
Trailing a sea turtle into a coral forest, relaxing to a soundtrack of jungle birds, swapping diving tales at the bar.

                                           DAY TWO
Venturing among the jellyfish, taking own nature's beauty treatment, making a foodie pilgrimage to The Taj.

                           DAY THREE
Repairing to a private island retreat and kicking back by the sea with fresh-caught fish and good conversation.



AS THE WORLD INCREASINGLY retreats into an echo chamber of car horns and email alerts, it's nice to know that somewhere in the middle of the Pacific there's a whole nation of smiling slightly salt-frosted people deftly navigating speedboats around idyllic islands, pausing here and there to lop the tops off of coconuts or admire a well-formed brain coral.

That's not to say Palauans never have a tough day at the office, but in general this 300-island-plus archipelago feels insulated from the clamor of modern life.

This feeling stems in large part from the exceedingly low ratio of concrete buildings to half-hidden lagoons and sighing palm groves, but also from the influence of Palauans themselves. 

One of the most close-knit populations on earth, they still hold traditional festivals to provide money and support for neighbors with newborns. 

As Palau increasingly becomes known for more than a diving meccas that made it famous, however, one can only hope that the country's track record of ecological preservation will keep it prestine for many years to come. Paradise, after all, are notoriously fleeting.

DAY ONE
Your ceiling fan is spinning lazily as the midmorning sun slants through your windows at Palau Pacific Resort. The pool has already been taken by kids in water wings, but beyond it is a beach laced with coconut palms that remains pristine and untrampled by tiny feet.

To the sound of chirping birds, you wander down an elevated outdoor walkway to the resort's Coconut Terrace where you load up on croissants, fresh papaya, honeydew and pineapple from the breakfast buffet in preparation for a long day in the water.

And let's be clear: You will be spending much of your time here in the water. A shark sanctuary and dive destination nonpareil.

Palau offers 944 miles of coastline, plus coral reefs, lagoons and little mushroom-like islands so teeming with rare and beautiful fauna that they were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites last year.

A speedboat from Fish 'n Fins, one of the major dive operators in these parts, is waiting for you at the resort dock. It ferries you to a dive center, where you admit to being more of a pool diver than a pro. "This will be like learning to walk-- and then standing on the summit of Everest," promises the attendant helping you to fill out the paperwork. "You will be ruined forever." 

Properly outfitted, you will visit some of the popular dive spots around Ngemelis, a southerly member of the Rock Islands that sits like a finial on a long banister of coral reef.

At Blue Corner, you pause in awe mere feet from a tremendous school of wahoo. Next up is New Drop Off, where you follow a majestic sea turtle about 40 feet underwater to where a half dozen divers have anchored themselves with reef hooks among the purple and red sea fans, holding as still as possible to observe the more elusive creatures. You begin to understand what the attendant meant about Everest.

Around lunch time, your boat glides to a stop at an unspoiled beach dotted with picnic tables and monitor lizards. Your guide has brought a selection of traditional Palauan foods from Yano's Market in Koror: boiled bricks of yellow tapioka, a whole roast parrot fish, the simmered meat of a giant clam, pork roasted in banana leaves, and a sweet mixture of pumpkin and coconut milk. Now that there aren't hundreds of sea creatures vying for your attention, you're shocked at how hungry you are, and devour quite a bit of the spread.


                    PALAU BY THE NUMBERS 
                                                 POPULATION
                                                       21,032

                                          NUMBER OF MAIN ISLANDS
                                                              8

                                              NUMBER OF ISLETS 
                                                            300+

                      NUMBER OF TOURIST VISITORS IN 2001
                                                        45,866

                      NUMBER OF TOURIST VISITORS IN 2012
                                                       118,754

                     NUMBER OF JELLYFISH IN JELLYFISH LAKE
                                                      5 MILLION +

                     NUMBER OF TIMES PALAU HAS BEEN USED AS A 
                                     LOCATION FOR "SURVIVOR"
                                                             2

                     NUMBER OF SPONGES, GIANT CLAMS OR HARD CORALS
                              THAT CAN BE EXPORTED UNDER PALAUAN LAW
                                                              0               

                        THIS MEANS WAR
                     For history aficionados, there's deeper meaning to be found   in Palau waters. 

Among World War II buffs, Palau is famous not for its aquatic life but for its role in the Pacific battles between the Allied forces and Japan. 

Particularly notable is the Battle of Peleliu, one of the most devastating amphibian conflicts in U. S. military history and a key focus of the 2010 HBO miniseries "The Pacific".

Though the soldiers are long gone, Peleliu and other spots in southernmost Palau are still littered with abandoned war machines. Many of the underwater artifacts are sunken Japanese warships that are open to intermediate and advanced divers, while a few that languish in shallower water are appropriate for beginners.

Non-divers will find rusting tanks and concrete bunkers hidden amid Peleliu's greenery and they might want to visit the Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum, which opened in 2004 on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu. Though small, it hold a treasure trove of artifacts, including helmets and weapons, plus the found personal effects of soldiers.

You're practically in meditative trance by the time you return to the resort, where you shower off the salt before wandering through progressively more jungle-like elevated walkways to the resort's Elilai Spa.

During a two-hour "frangipani body glow" treatment there, you are rubbed with lime and ginger salt and scented monoi oil while alternating between drowsing and trying to determine which bird calls and surf sounds are real and which are part of spa's own soundtrack.

Having to pry yourself off the massage table is made bearable only by the promise of dinner, which you have planned at Elilai Restaurant and Bar (elilai, Palauan for plumeria flower, is a popular name around here). 

In this charming eatery perched atop a cliff of tropical greenery, you order a tangy papaya and cucumber salad with clams and scallops from the island's mangrove swamps, along with bread so fluffy it seems on the verge of floating off your plate, and follow it with a juicy bacon-wrapped tenderloin over potato cakes.

Perhaps because they can't talk to each other while submerged, divers often enjoy garrulous evening recap over a few beers. 

After dinner, you join them on the turquoise deck of Kramers. The more you hear, the more you're convinced that everyone who goes diving in Palau is, in fact, ruined by it forever.

And that, no matter what else happens, you have to see a shark.  

    
 DAY TWO

The local fruit is ambrosial, but if you're going to be chasing ocean predators all day, you'll need something a little heartier for breakfast.

On your way to the dive operator Sam's Tours, you stop at Blue House Market to pick up a few tama, which are a bit like condensed, sweetened balls of funnel cake.

Nibbling at the confections  to keep them from burning your mouth (they're fresh from the fryer), you board a boat filled with sightseers chattering excitedly  about their piscine wish lists.

After some thought, you decide that in addition to a shark, you'll look for a giant clam of the sort you ate yesterday. Clams can't swim, you think. How hard could it be?

Your first stop underwater is a shallow, sandy reef called Fairyland, which is clamless but ethereal and serene. Light-colored corals conceal cuttlefish; oddly graceful hawksbill turtles drift around you. 

A blacktip shark slides by glowering. You back away instinctively but it's too busy to be concerned with you as it surveys its domain. Scattering smaller fish with its approach, the blacktip possesses the majesty of a lion.

You emerge from the water invigorated to have seen it.

At your next stop, the coral garden at the end of German Channel, you pop your face into the water with "mwooogh" (which is what 'wow' sounds like through a snorkel).

Snorkeling here is like swimming in the aquarium of a ritzy dentist's office. Phalanxes of triggerfish, parrotfish and Moorish idols navigate a field of vibrant corals studded with teal-mouthed clams the size of a love seats.

You free-dive until you're inches away from one of the things, with its pursed lips and nacreous stripes. In spits in your face. Mwooogh, indeed.

After polishing off a quick coastal lunch of roast chicken, salad and rice, you head to the center of one of the Rock Islands to check out Jellyfish Lake, which is famous of being chockablock with golden jellyfish.

Having spent eons in an environment with no predators, the jellyfish lost their ability to sting--something that you only really believe once you swan into a horde of thousands. As you gingerly tread water, the jellyfish bouncing off you body like slippery little hacky sacks, the scene you take in through your goggles is very much like something from outer space.

Finally, you visit Milky Way Lagoon, whose bottom consists of white mud so good for the skin that it's harvested for use in Japanese beauty products. Hopping off the boat, you cover your body with the stuff. Once it dries and you start to look like a powdered doughnut, you snap a few pictures, wash it off and admire the results, feeling only slightly pampered than you did after yesterday's spa treatment.

Back at the resort, you shower, change and take a taxi to The Taj. Overseen by a Kerala, India native Robert Scaria, it's been recommended to you by several of your boatmates.

Soon you're surrounded by metal bowls aloo gobi (spiced cauliflower and potatoes), vegetable-studded rice and lamb vindaloo, plus a hefty glass of Australian chardonnay.

The way you see it, any calorific excess here is canceled out by your swimming. In fact, this may be the first vacation ever where you've actually lost weight. 

For a nightcap, you join a few of your fellow divers at Drop Off Bar & Grill, an open-air jam bar that resembles nothing so much as a beachfront porch. It was built during the taping of "Survivor" in 2004, for crew members who wanted to take it a little easier than the cast. 

Looking across at the island where the reality show was shot, you raised a frozen daiquiri to those silly enough to rough it in a place this perfect.

DAY THREE
Since you didn't come all the way to Palau to do the back-to-nature thing halfway, you head to the boat depot after breakfast to be transported to Ngellil Island Resort, a no-frills eco-resort built in the style of traditional Palauan bai (meetinghouse).
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An outpost of the cushier Palau Plantation Resort, it stands alone on a small limestone island, has limited running water and power and is accessible only by boat. Chickens and dogs herald your arrival, and Gary Esplago, the resort's Filipino factotum, hacks a hole in a coconut and hands it to you with a straw.

Along with Gary, the only people you see on the island are a receptionist, a cook and an older Palauan who goes by the name "Uncle". 

After settling in, you take a boat back to Fish n' Fins, where you secure an all-terrain vehicle and a guide to show around Palau's biggest island, Babeldaob.

You spend the afternoon careening through red mud tracks with your heart in your throat, stopping at one point to splash around in a chilly waterfall  deepp in the humid jungle. Getting to the falls involves negotiating slippery rocks, water crossings and rope. 

It's a far cry from a liability -free hikes you've been on in the past. The feeling is of wandering lost in a prehistoric forest, but with better lunch.

Back on Ngellil Island, torches have been stuck into the lawn and an array steaming victuals is sizzling on a tiny grill. Gary is stalking fish for tomorrow's lunch, crouching with a spear and a net in the gloaming. "How can you find them in this light?" you ask. 

He dives and emerges with a silver fish flopping on his spear.Shrugging, he then lifts a bag of smaller fish and says, "Should we fry these?"

At dinner, plates lined with coconut leaves appear one after the other at your table by the sea. There is barbecue pork, sweet corn, smoky grilled oysters and crispy grilled rice cakes shaped like hearts. 

A platter of fried sardines--the same fish Gary pulled from the lagoon-- is presented along with ramekin of tartar sauce.

After dinner, Uncle and the others show up bearing a six-pack of Filipino Red Horse beer. You retire to hammocks to drink, watch fireflies and listen to the waves slipping over the rocks. 

You know that your email is pringing back home, and there's undoubtedly someone you should call, but Gary is preparing to show the four of you a card trick. 

The world you're on the run from hums along far away.



Much to her co-worker's annoyance, senior editor JACQUELINE DETWILER has started to say "mwooogh" in response to particularly interesting work emails.



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DAY ONE

Palau Pacific Resort
Meyuns, Koror
Tel. 680-488-2600

Fish 'n Fins   Koror Island,
Koror, Tel. 680-488-2637

Blue Corner Reef

New Drop Off Reef

Yano's Market  Main Street,
Koror Island, Koror

Elilai Spa   Palau Pacific Resort
Meyuns, Koror
Tel. 680-488-2600

Elilai Restaurant and Bar
Ngerkebesang Island, Koror,
Tel. 680-488-8866

Kramers Pirate's Cove
Malakal, Koror
Tel. 680-488-8448


DAY TWO

Sam's Tour   Malakal, Koror
Tel. 680-488-7267

Blue House Market   Koror Island, Koror
Tel. 680-488-1701

Fairyland Reef
German Channel Reef
Jellyfish Lake     El Malk, Rock Islands

Milky Way Lagoon
Rock Islands

The Taj      PDC Building
2nd Fl., Koror Island, Koror
Tel. 680-488-2227

Drop Off Bar & Grill
Neco Marine, Malakal, Koror
Tel. 680-488-1755


DAY THREE

Ngellil Nature Island Resort
Ngellil Island, Airai
Tel. 680-488-3631

Babeldaob Island