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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2018, 07:17:16 PM »
That, and the airplane tour with door-off option.
Do you remember what company you used for the airplane tour and how much it cost?
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2018, 07:33:35 PM »
That sounds amazing, might be worth doing even if I couldn't eat the fish. I assume they just grilled it open over a regular grill?

from what I recall, yes, though I was too engrossed watching the hermit crabs on the sand fight each other lol

Do you remember what company you used for the airplane tour and how much it cost?

SmileAir i think it was. For the door-off option you sit up front in the second-pilot chair .  Edit: just looked at my transactions for last year, and I see it was SmileAir and I paid $194 (includes door-off option)

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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2018, 08:44:30 PM »
SmileAir i think it was. For the door-off option you sit up front in the second-pilot chair .  Edit: just looked at my transactions for last year, and I see it was SmileAir and I paid $194 (includes door-off option)
Wow, that's really not a bad price, thanks for all the info!
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2018, 08:59:50 PM »
That sounds really cool, you have any more info on it? Which tour company offers that?

Pretty sure I used these guys https://palauritc.com/english/

As far as going on the plane, IME, they changed the times on me a few times 

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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #24 on: July 11, 2018, 09:12:55 PM »
The ROR- GUM flight gets into GUM at 5:00 AM, I'm planning on taking the PR flight to MNL and then to HKG, that flight takes off at 6:45 AM, 1:45 should be enough to collect bags and recheck in correct?
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2018, 11:06:06 PM »
The ROR- GUM flight gets into GUM at 5:00 AM, I'm planning on taking the PR flight to MNL and then to HKG, that flight takes off at 6:45 AM, 1:45 should be enough to collect bags and recheck in correct?
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2018, 11:37:47 PM »
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2018, 09:38:26 AM »
Probably will have Chinese flags when I make it back.

But I wonder why they aren't attributing a good chunk of the decline to the Jellyfish Lake closure?
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #29 on: August 20, 2018, 10:32:45 AM »
Probably will have Chinese flags when I make it back.

But I wonder why they aren't attributing a good chunk of the decline to the Jellyfish Lake closure?
I highly doubt the US would ever let that happen.

It could be because it's not actually affecting tourism as much as you would think, a large part of what draws people is the diving and general snorkeling. I'm not sure how many people came specifically for jellyfish lake and wouldn't have come otherwise.
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #30 on: January 09, 2019, 11:30:01 AM »
Jellyfish Lake has reopened!
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #31 on: January 09, 2019, 11:30:58 AM »
Jellyfish Lake has reopened!
Wow! That's great news!
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #32 on: January 09, 2019, 12:58:07 PM »
Jellyfish Lake has reopened!
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #33 on: January 09, 2019, 01:12:40 PM »
...and are the jellyfish actually back in real numbers?
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2019, 01:47:35 PM »
Damn, now I have to go back.
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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #37 on: January 09, 2019, 05:12:23 PM »
Damn, now I have to go back.
Why would you go if you knew it was closed?

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Re: Palau Master Thread
« Reply #38 on: January 09, 2019, 05:16:09 PM »
https://palaudiveadventures.com/palau-jellyfish-lake/
Interesting that they blame the problem on the severe drought of 2016 which was in full effect when I was there. I figured it was due to all the pollutants such as sunscreen which is banned, but the boat operators tell you to apply 5 minutes from reaching it.

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