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