| Mention 'Palau' to an ordinary individual and | | | | lakes. How these lakes came to be are beyond |
| most probably he or she will mention of an | | | | me. Leave the prying to scientists and the |
| island in the Pacific Ocean. Mention the same | | | | native storytellers. But it is not the lake |
| word to scuba divers and adventurers and you | | | | that holds the surprise. The appropriate |
| will get mountains of metaphors and similes | | | | question should be, "what's on the lake?" |
| and personifications. All of them bringing | | | | |
| Palau into good light. | | | | Straightforward answer, jellyfishes. Tons of |
| | | | jellyfishes. And not the ordinary, poisonous |
| And who could blame them? One can bask in | | | | kind of jellyfishes. Orange jellyfishes. The |
| Palau's glory with or without the scuba | | | | non-stinging kind. And if these creatures |
| diving equipment. Palau has some of the | | | | does not freak you out, then jump it on to |
| world's finest beaches and diving spots. The | | | | the lake and swim in their midst. People who |
| scenes under the waters of Palau offers | | | | have experienced swimming among these |
| divers and snorkel swimmers the beauty no one | | | | mystical lake creatures have one common thing |
| can find elsewhere. The corals, the fishes, | | | | to say. Being in that lake seems to take them |
| the ecology of that makes Palau's underwater | | | | to another place. Some say that swimming in |
| scenes are truly a sight to behold. | | | | the lake and sharing the waters with its |
| | | | creatures have given the calm and inner peace |
| But if you think that Palau's magic can be | | | | they could not find or get from someone or |
| found on the ocean, then clearly. You do not | | | | somewhere. |
| know Palau. There's more to Palau than diving | | | | |
| spots and fine beaches and World War II | | | | So the next time you think you need to be at |
| shipwrecks (yeah, they have sunken battle | | | | ease with yourself, need to get away for a |
| cruisers, destroyers, fighter planes and | | | | while, or just want a worthwhile vacation, |
| other war vessels from the Second World War | | | | then try Palau. Who knows, an orange |
| scuttled and shot down in their waters). In | | | | jellyfish might touch on the inside. |
| the middle of the islands are saltwater | | | | |