{"id":8951,"date":"2019-11-13T17:48:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/?page_id=8951"},"modified":"2020-05-01T04:18:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T04:18:20","slug":"palau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/palau\/","title":{"rendered":"Palau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\tAfter Guam we landed in Palau amidst questionable weather. Our first few days were filled with high winds and crazy downpours of rain. Certainly not the tropical paradise that I had expected, but eventually it cleared up. We spent a week scuba diving all of the local hotspots: Bluehole, The German Trench, Jellyfish Lake, as well as several WWII wreck sites. The diving in Palau is world class with the widest variety of aquatic life I have ever seen.\u00a0 It was really quite amazing to say the least.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the pouring rain and wind, the diving was off the charts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hanging with the locals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The local fishing fleet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau1_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau9-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jellyfish at the infamous Jellyfish lake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s Dive shop, our home base of operations in Palau.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen so many scuba tanks in one place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cruising in front of the dive boat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of shark activity in this part of the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau11-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which way??<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are literaly millions of non-stinging jellyfish in this lake.\u00a0 Well worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau23-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Peak season and it still wasn&#8217;t all that busy of a place, which was nice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau20-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It really is a tropical paradise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau7-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matt tempting fate with the sharks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/palau12-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/kingfisher31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palau really is a paradise and an easy place to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Guam we landed in Palau amidst questionable weather. Our first few days were filled with high winds and crazy downpours of rain. Certainly not the tropical paradise that I had expected, but eventually it cleared up. 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