Palau - off to the Sharks

So here I was on the way to Palau. Everybody said it's a great place to see sharks so I gave it a try. Arrival at 2am and pickup by the dive center Sam's Tours at 7:45am. Hoorah!

Well, I have to admit that the weather wasn't exactly the most recommendable as it's typhoon season but a few days turned out to be quite nice. The underwater visibility, however, sometimes was close to zero which was rather annoying. We couldn't head far out as outside the protecting reefs the sea was really nasty and even the sites we went to were sometimes quite hazardous considering the rough surface and the little experience some divers had in our group.

But man...when the visibility was good at my two favorite sites "short" and "big drop-off" I always had a blast. Sharks (grey, white, silvertip reef sharks, nurse), turtles, barracudas, octopuses(?) all over the place during almost every dive. Too bad we couldn't head out to Blue Corner or Shark City. But hey, what can you expect when you sit right in between the edges of two typhoons?

So now I'm on my "dry day" (no diving) as I'll fly out to Manila tonight and continue to Dumaguete on the Philippines with the first Cebu Pacific flight at 7am tomorrow. It will be great to friends and "family" like the staff of Sea Explorers in Dauin again. Very much looking forward to it. And it'll be great to finally get rid of all the chocolate, salamis, bread and whatever else I brought in for them from Germany. ;)

Pics can be found here.