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