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Koror Island in Palau Micronesia

November 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

The island of Palau is the coral capital of Micronesia. The island’s lagoon and its ledges are known particularly for the drift diving and the pelagic fish of its famed Blue Hole and its Blue Corner wall dive. This being said, many of the island’s scenic coral gardens and colorful, tropical reef fish are also […]

Filed Under: Activities, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hotels, Hotels, Koror Island, Micronesia, Oceania/Australia, Palau, Restaurants, Travel Tagged With: bat soup, Jelllyfish lake

Snorkeling in Palau, Micronesia

November 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

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We primarily came to Palau Micronesia to snorkel and to experience some beautiful water scenery. We took two all-day kayaking and snorkeling tours by Sam’s Tours. These took us through, around and under two of ecologically richest stretches of the 200+-island Rock Island chain of uninhabited islets. These tours focused on different bays within the […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured-City, Koror Island, Micronesia, Oceania/Australia, Palau, Travel Tagged With: Jellyfish Lake, Malakal Bay, Mandarin Fish Lake, Nikko Bay, Risong Bay, Shipwreck Bay

Chuuk Island’s Historic WWII Sites

October 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Chuuk Island WW II Sites on Land Our last blog talked about Chuuk Island’s underwater WW II sites. But a lot of relics still remain on the land. The above-ground sites, many of which were destroyed of damaged by U.S. bombs during the two days (February 17 and 18) of “Operation Hailstone”. Weno Island sites […]

Filed Under: Activities, Chuuk Island, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Hotels, Micronesia, Oceania/Australia, Travel, Truk Island Tagged With: Blue Lagoon Resort

Chuuk Island, Micronesia

October 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Chuuk Island, also known as Truk Island is a relative spec of a Micronesian island that played a big role in World War II. Captured by the Japanese shortly after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, it served as a major Japanese Naval base through most of the war. Then, in 1944, it became the […]

Filed Under: Chuuk Island, Destinations, Featured-City, Micronesia, Oceania/Australia, Travel, Truk Island Tagged With: Blue Lagoon Hotel, Fononu Island, Jeep Island, snorkeling

Guam

October 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Travelling between places in the South Pacific is not easy. After leaving the Goreka Festival in  Papua New Guinea, our next destination was Chuuk Island in Micronesia. But as they say in New England, you can’t get there from here. Chuuk Island only has 2 flights a week and neither were a direct flight from […]

Filed Under: Activities, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Guam, Oceania/Australia, Travel

Exploring Goroka, Papua New Guinea

November 3, 2017 Leave a Comment

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We spent most of our time in Goroka (Papua new Guinea or PNG) at the Goreka Festival (see our 2 blogs on this colorful event) . While there, however, we also had time to explore the streets and to explore a few of the city’s and the region’s sites. J.K. McCarthy Museum The J.K. McCarthy […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured-City, Goroka, Oceania/Australia, Papua New Guinea, Travel Tagged With: Asaro Mudmen Village, J.K. McCarthy Museum, mudmen, University of Goroka Campus

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