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A PADI Diving Society Event; 15 - 24 September 2010 - Join Us. See Life. In Palau.

Join Us. See Life. In Palau.

A PADI Diving Society Event; 15 - 24 September 2010

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Join PADI Diving Society for nine adventurous days and eight magical nights in Palau at the Palau Royal Resort. You'll enjoy five days of three-tank boat diving with PADI Five Star Dive Center Sam's Tours. with special guests, including Sport Diver's Ty Sawyer. Read more @ Join Us. See Life. In Palau.

Palau Tour, Dive & Resort Operators at the Duesseldorf Boat Show 2010 Germany

Palau Tour, Dive & Resort Operators at Duesseldorf
Boat Show 2010 Germany.

We have just received these Photos and article from Dermot Keane who is attending the Boat Show in Germany with other Dive and Resort Operators from Palau Micronesia. At the Palau Booth you find: Operators from Yap with other Palau operators including NECO MARINE, Fish’nFins & Palau Pacific Resort. China Airlines is also offering flights with direct service from Frankfurt to Taipei, with connecting service to Koror, Palau 4 times per week. Starting at 990 EU in economy class.

Sams Tours Boot Show 2010

Sam's Tours participates in the Q Divers stand for the first time. We joined the Quality Divers network at the last BOOT Show and attended the Birmingham Dive Show in late Oct 2009 as our first show with QD. This is our first BOOT.  Traffic at the show was quite good with lots of interested shoppers who seemed serious about traveling and ready to buy.
Sam's Tours is also participating at the Palau - Yap Booth with other Palau operators including NECO MARINE and Palau Pacific Resort.


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As always, the Stemmer Family is there in full force to support Sam's Tours with Kristina staffing the Palau Booth for Sam's Tours and mom Gisela covering the Quality Divers stand, while dad Bernd attends the BOOT representing China Airlines who offers direct service from Frankfurt to Taipei, with connecting service to Koror, Palau 4 times per week.starting at 990 EU in economy class.
 

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Dermot Keane GM from Sam’s Tours and Vicktor at the
Sam’s Tours Booth in Germany


Sam's Tours good friend, sculptor Vicktor stopped by the booth. Vicktors granite sculpture of Hans and Lotti Haas will be unveiled at the show this week and then go to Vienna for display. http://www.vuam.net/
Presently Vicktors "Legends of the Sea" collection is on display at GOOGLE'S HQ in Cupertino, CA.
 
Vicktor has dived in Palau with Sam's Tours
His Pioneers and Heroes collection includes Valerie Taylor, Jacques Cousteau, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Stan Waterman
 
http://www.vuam.net/pioners_and_heroes.html
 
http://www.vuam.net/education.html

Vicktor the sculptor  
www.VUAM.net  

From the Editor:
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A true Pioneer! Francis Toribiong into the Scuba Diving Hall of Fame

Excerpts from an article published on the Palau Visitors Blog Spot.

Francis Toribiong, a native of Palau, Micronesia, will be inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in January 2010. To date, there are only 54 individuals in the world that have been so honored, including such obvious inductees as Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his son Jean-Michel Cousteau as well actor Lloyd Bridges and Geri Murphy, one of the most published female underwater photojournalist in the world.

Francis was a true pioneer in the industry, developing Palau into the coveted diving destination it is today...read the complete article @ http://visit-palau.blogspot.com/

KIDS SEA CAMP (KSC) in Palau… an award-winning educational vacation program for families that love the ocean at Sam’s Tours.

The Kids coming to Palau Micronesia…maybe a bit older then the image below, but then it is never to early to find out about the Environment, our Marine life or Scuba Diving.

Photographer, Gunther Deichmann, Palau, Children, learning, Education, Scuba, Diving, Ocean
© Gunther Deichmann - It is never to early...learn how to dive.

We have picked up this post from Sam’s Tours Palau, see below the details.

Monday, May 11, 2009
Late Breaking News! KIDS SEA CAMP coming to Palau!
We’re delighted to report that Sam’s Tours has been selected to host the very first KIDS SEA CAMP (KSC) in Palau slated for this November. Kids Sea Camp is an award-winning educational vacation program for families that love the ocean.
Kids Sea Camp PALAU 2009: November 21 – 28, 2009.

Kids Sea Camp is the brain child of Margo Peyton, a scuba diver since 1989. This Scuba mom with husband Tom, two kids of her own, Jen and Robbie, decided it was important for her family to spend time together doing what she loved the most, scuba diving & travel.
Kids Sea Camp is a full week's schedule of events and educational programs that promises great times and learning experiences for families with kids age 4-15. Each week includes 7 nights accommodations, diving, meals, excursions, activities for both adults and kids including, diving, snorkeling and many PADI Specialty courses.
KSC is hosted at PADI 5 Star Dive Resorts around the world which include Cayman Islands, Bonaire, Roatan, Fiji, Curacao, Galapagos and now in PALAU! Sam’s Tours and Palau Royal Resort, a Nikko Hotels International partner
http://www.palau-royal-resort.com/ are teamed up to host this exciting event. Space is limited so get in touch with Sam’s Tours right away if you’d like to participate.
Families can spend a week scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, kayaking, discovering underwater photography, meeting other families and making friends from all around the world. Kids Sea Camp is the perfect family vacation for those that love to scuba!
Sam’s Tours PADI Five Star National Geographic Dive Center is proud to have been selected to host Palau’s very first Kids Sea Camp and we are already in full swing planning an exciting action-packed week of fun in the sun!
For more information on Kids Sea Camp please visit http://kidsseacamp.com/ although details of the Palau Kids Sea may not be posted yet.

For bookings please contact:
kids@kidsseacamp.com or e-mail Sam’s Tours Reservations Desk at: reservations@samstours.com
Kids Sea Camp PALAU 2009: November 21 – 28, 2009.

Science: Fossilized Octopuses found, a rare discovery from the Cretaceous Period rocks in Lebanon by German Paleontologist

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© Gunther Deichmann - next time you come across an Octopus remember that they have been around for million of years.

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nowing and understanding Fossils this discovery really amazes me, very rare indeed since Octopuses don’t have any hard shell like Ammonites, Belemnites and other species in the this family group.
Read below excerpts from the science report, for the complete story and Photos go to the LINK below.


Rare Fossil Octopuses Found

By Live Science Staff
posted: 18 March 2009 10:32 am ET

It's hard enough to find fossils of hard things like dinosaur bones. Now scientists have found evidence of 95 million-year-old octopuses, among the rarest and unlikeliest of fossils, complete with ink and suckers.
The body of an octopus is composed almost entirely of muscle and skin. When an octopus dies, it quickly decays and liquefies into a slimy blob. After just a few days there will be nothing left at all. And that assumes that the fresh carcass is not consumed almost immediately by scavengers.
The result is that preservation of an octopus as a fossil is about as unlikely as finding a fossil sneeze, and none of the 200 to 300 species of octopus known today had ever been found in fossilized form, said Dirk Fuchs of the Freie University Berlin, lead author of the report.
Fuchs and his colleagues now have identified three new species of octopuses (Styletoctopus annae, Keuppia hyperbolaris and Keuppia levante) based on five specimens discovered in Cretaceous Period rocks in Lebanon. The specimens, described in the January 2009 issue of the journal Palaeontology, preserve the octopuses' eight arms with traces of muscles and rows of suckers. Even traces of the ink and internal gills are present in some specimens.
"The luck was that the corpse landed untouched on the sea floor," Fuchs told LiveScience. "The sea floor was free of oxygen and therefore free of scavengers. Both the anoxy [absence of oxygen] and a rapid sedimentation rate prevented decay."
Prior to this discovery only a single fossil species was known, and from fewer specimens than octopuses have legs, Fuchs said...
More @
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090318-fossil-octopus.html

Classic Palau...Your Top Travel Destination for Diving & Nature Lovers plus great accommodation

CLASSIC PALAU...FROM TOP DIVE SITES TO YOUR ULTIMATE IN ACCOMMODATION & fine dining...

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Explore Palau below the waves with Sam’s Tours and pamper yourself at the Palau Pacific Resort.

Palau is famous for its outstanding Landscapes and spectacular Dive Sites, a dream for every Nature Lover & Diver on the Planet.

After a good day of hiking, exploring, snorkeling or kayaking what better place to relax then at the Palau Pacific Resort. Tied from walking? Why don’t you view Palau from the air, take a great Helicopter ride with
Palau Helicopters and get a birds eye view of the Rock Islands.
In the evening you have the choice to wine and dine at the Palau Pacific Resort or venture to the
Taj for some exquisite authentic Indian food, or you can hang out at Kraemers for some good food and a drink or two.
Watch the Sunset with your Dive Buddies at the
Bottom Time Bar and Grill right at Sam’s Tours after your Dive.
New to Palau, don’t know what to do? You can check always with the
Palau Visitors Authority or with your local Tour Operators what is happening around town or what trip to take.

Palau Visitors Authority Staff gets Compliments...

Below is part of a report I have received from Mr. Jem Kemp, Blue Horizons Travel in Manila who visited Palau recently the trip was organized and in part sponsored by the Palau Visitors Authority and Continental Airlines.

We were then met by our guide and Marketing Representative from the PVA – the excellent Mr Kadoi Ruluked – who was to be with us for our trip. Kadoi was a fountain of knowledge and an obvious love of all things Palau related...”

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© Gunther Deichmann - Bai, traditional meeting House

It’s an early start with a full day ahead of us. We are staying at the Palasia Hotel located in the centre of Koror. The room I am in has views across the tree-tops out to the sea, other rooms have town views. The Palasia is one of Palau’s better hotels and has approximately 165 rooms configured around a central open atrium. The hotel is especially popular with Asian tourists (mainly from Taiwan, Japan and Korea) although there were also a number of European divers staying there as well.

Breakfast (and indeed Dinner) was on a buffet basis and although there do appear to be ‘a la carte’ options many of the hotels provide buffets for their meals. Interestingly the dining room was very busy between 07.00am and 08.00am and thereafter pretty much empty. Primarily this is because many people visiting Palau are taking part in daily tour activities such as diving, island tours, kayaking etc. Operators like Sam’s Tours (see more later) collect their guests from the hotels and then assist them back later that day. Very few of the hotels actually have their own dive operator or tour centre in-house and instead the typical model is for the hotels to concentrate on accommodation and for the tours and trips to be provided by external operators. Similarly, very few of the Dive Centres appear have their own accommodation or resorts.

Just a word on tourism in Palau; it’s proximity to the rest of mainland Asia means that it is a popular destination for Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean visitors. There are also a number of arrivals from China. However, diving is the main draw and it is rightly considered to be one of the best diving destinations in the world – this means that there are also steadily increasing numbers of European. Australian, SE Asian and US divers coming to experience the underwater world.

Breakfast at the Palasia was similar to many others – a combination of Western and Asian flavours. We were then met by our guide and Marketing Representative from the PVA – the excellent Mr Kadoi Ruluked – who was to be with us for our trip. Kadoi was a fountain of knowledge and an obvious love of all things Palau related. Our plan today was to see as many of the hotels, resorts and operators as possible during the course of the day. First stop was West Plaza by the Sea.

The West Plaza group own 5 hotels throughout the Koror area and they are very popular with visiting divers. Indeed Sam’s Tours provide some excellent value Diving / Touring packages using West Plaza as the accommodation. West Plaza hotels have basic but clean and efficient rooms, with television, a.c, tea and coffee making facilities etc and are ideal for those on a budget who wish to concentrate their resources on diving and touring. Blue Horizons will provide you with more details of flights, accommodation and diving packages for these hotels.

Next stop was Palau Plantation Resort which has more traditional buildings set in tropical gardens on the side of a small cultivated valley. Definitely popular with the Japanese market the rooms range from simple to high end.

We then briefly called into IMPAC Tours who provided some welcome cold drinks (March temperatures being a warm and sunny 36 degrees). IMPAC provide a range of tours and diving trips primarily for the Japanese market.

Our final stop prior to lunch was to call into the Palau International Coral Reef Center. The PICRC is located on the water on the south west tip of Koror. It is an autonomous government project and non-profit organisation designed to highlight Palau’s marine bio-diversity and to act as an educational / tourist tool. Of course nothing beats seeing the marine world in its natural habitat but this is an interesting place to visit for an hour or so. There are a number of themed aquariums and a great deal of visitor information is available.

Lunch was spent at the impressive Elilai Restaurant. Elilai is a set on a side of the hill of Ngerkebesang and has stunning views across the sea to the neighbouring islands. It is just 5 – 10 minutes drive from downtown Koror. Owner Takuya Mizokami and his team have prepared an interesting fusion menu and a modern dining space that is open and breezy. This is well worth visiting during a visit to Palau. The highlight of lunch for many was a perfectly fresh piece of tuna lightly fried and served ‘fish and chip style’!

Our afternoon continued with a visit to the Cliffside Hotel. Previously this was a very popular choice with Diving guests but has undergone a number of management changes over the past couple of years and some feedback has been a little negative. Rooms are big and spacious and it is to be hoped that the current management can restore the Hotel’s reputation.

Next up was Neco Marine one of the larger dive operators in Palau. They have a solid reputation and a good location with some excellent looking boats moored up to their dock.

Our final stop of the day was at Sam’s Tours where I met old friends and some new ones (hello Adela and Russelle) for the first time. Sam’s Tours considered to be one of the best Dive Operators in the Pacific and probably the world. No space here to do them justice so a full report on Sam’s to follow tomorrow.

At day end we returned back to Palasia for a tour of the hotel and facilities (include fitness centre, pool area, bar, restaurant etc) and a very pleasant meal where we joined by Janine Wong (General Manager) and Janice Aguon (Asst Manager - Sales and Marketing).

Finally, after wrestling with the vagaries of wi-fi access, it was time to head off to the room. The next day was a Rock Islands tour day and one which everyone was very much looking forward to….

Science...the past of our ocean,Scientists say a fossil of a four-legged fish sheds new light on the process of evolution...

The image below is of a fossilized Ammonite (an ancient relative of today’s Nautilus) from the Jurassic period, the Nautilus can still be found in Palau Micronrsia today, one of the very few places in the world where Divers can encounter this real living fossil. For more information on Palau please visit our site @ http://www.palautours.com/

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A fossilized Ammonite from the Jurassic period
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This photo of the Nautilus, (a close relative of the Ammonite)
was taken in Palau Micronesia.


Fossil fills out water-land leap

Courtesy By Matt McGrath
BBC science correspondent

Scientists say a fossil of a four-legged fish sheds new light on the process of evolution. The creature had a fish-like body but the head of an animal more suited to land than water.
The researchers' study, published in the journal Nature, says Ventastega curonica would have looked similar to a small alligator. Scientists say the 365-million-year-old species eventually became an evolutionary dead end.

Counting digits
About one hundred million years before dinosaurs began to roam the Earth, Ventastega was to be found in the shallow waters and tidal estuaries of modern day Latvia.

According to lead author, Professor Per Ahlberg, from Uppsala University, Sweden, this creature had the head of a tetrapod, an animal adapted to live on land. The body, though, was fish-like but with four primitive flippers.
"From a distance, it would have looked like an alligator. But closer up, you would have noticed a real tail fin at the back end, a gill flap at the side of the head; also lines of pores snaking across head and body.

"In terms of construction, it had already undergone most of the changes from fish towards land animal, but in terms of lifestyle you are still looking at an animal that is habitually aquatic."
Experts believe that Ventastega was an important staging post in the evolutionary journey that led creatures from the sea to the land. Scientists once believed that these early amphibious animals descended in a linear fashion, but this discovery instead confirms these creatures diversified into different branches along the way.

Professor Ahlberg points to the discovery of a fossil called Tiktaalik in Canada in 2004. It is believed to be the "missing link" in the gap between fish and land mammals. Ventastega is a later species but is a more primitive form of transition animal.
"Ventastega fills the gap between Tiktaalik and the earliest land based mammals. All these changes in these creatures are not going in lockstep; it's a mosaic with different parts of animal evolving at different rates. Ventastega has acquired some of land-animal characteristics, but has not yet got some of the other ones."

For instance, the creature had primitive feet - but with a high number of digits...read more & photos go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7473470.stm

Welcome to PALAU...by palautours.com, Visit Palau and explore this Nature Paradise below and above the waves...



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To get you excited about Palau we have decided to bring you this little slide show direct on our blog, sit back and enjoy.
For more images please visit our Photo Gallery @http://www.palautours.com/gallery.html

ROCK ISLAND TOURS for more detailed info please go to: http://www.palautours.com/tours.html

Among the most popular tours is the exploration of the awe-inspiring Rock Islands, with its stunning topography and the wide variety of action to be experienced.

Dive shop activities such scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking tours as well as sailing, water skiing and banana boat rides, the latter especially fun for kids, are all available. With two atolls to the north and a fringing reef surrounding the main island, encounters with exotic marine life and kaleidoscopic coral formations are not uncommon.

The white sand beaches, which mostly slope very gently into shallow water, are a joy for all age groups, accommodating everyone from novice swimmers to experts. Another exciting diversion is fishing, with its unique catch-and-release fishing technique an environmentally friendly alternative.

DIVE the WRECKS of Palau Micronesia there is a good choice of Wrecks you can Dive and EXPLORE...including the DEEP USS PERRY, a must for TECH DIVERS.

PALAU offers a wide spectrum of wrecks, with this publication only featuring the more frequently visited ones. To this day discoveries of new wrecks are made yearly, go to palautours.com and discover some of the Wrecks in Palau.

WRECKS PALAU

Bichu Maru: 10m/33ft to starboard rail amidships

The Bichu, a 110m/363ft long army cargo ship, lies on its port side at about a 60-degree angle. Bombs sunk the ship on March 30, 1944 by inflicting gaping holes through the numbertwo hold forward of the superstructure. All of the holds are now empty, while the starboard anchor still lies in its stowed position at the bow with beautiful sea whips growing on it.

Aft of this superstructure with three levels, divers will find the engine room with lots of valves and piping making it an interesting penetration. The galley is just aft of the engine room and has two doors leading into it. Stoves and a large rice kettle are visible in it. Below the galley, on the bottom of the lagoon amongst the silt, divers have uncovered undamaged pieces of china that slid off the wreck as it went down.

Juvenile harlequin sweetlips make the Bichu their home, along with 6-banded angelfish, 8-banded butterflyfish, 6-banded angelfish, Glossodoris egretta and eye-catching nudibranch.

Iro: bow in 20m/66ft, stern in 25m/83ft, forward mast up to 10m/33ft, bottom at 40m/132ft

The Iro was a Japanese navy fleet oiler, 140m/462ft long, sunk on March 31, 1944 after being damaged by a US submarine on its journey from the Philippines to Palau . This is the most popular wreck in Palau since it lies upright and its massive size and diversity of exploration points keep one from becoming bored. There are two huge guns mounted, one on the bow, one at the stern. Long companionways open into the quarters. Towards the stern divers find the smokestack lying towards the port side of the ship. Just aft of that lies the engine room that divers can look down into because its ceiling had been demolished by fire or explosions. The masts and kingpost have attracted a wide variety of invertebrate life; from sponges, to staghorn coral, sea whips, black coral, giant clams and oysters. Batfish, large pufferfish, 8-banded butterflyfish, orangebanded butterflyfish, and small big-eye trevally are commonly found along the ship.

DIVING IN PALAU... the Operators and Dive Centers plus Liveaboards, Dive the Jewel of the Pacific one of the BEST DIVE destination in the World

Our pages on DIVING and the DIVE SITES are completed... now we like to introduce you to some of the Operators in PALAU MICRONESIA.
Many more to come in next few weeks below is just a small selection of the
Dive Centers and Liveaboards which are available to you in Palau we are also providing you with a link to the Palau Visitors Authority, PVA

National Geographic Society named Palau as the first Underwater Wonder of the World, and it continues to live up to it's reputation as one of the planets finest places to SCUBA dive. The diversity of marine life in combination with the variety of dive sites provides even the most experienced fish-watcher with amazing diving opportunities. The dive sites around Palau include sheer vertical walls, current-swept channels, high intensity dives like the famous Blue Corner, relaxing dives in coral gardens, unique dives like Siaes Tunnel and Blue Holes, and plenty of wreck diving. All of the dive sites contain examples of Palau's incredible diversity with huge schools of tropical fish and walls adorned with colorful soft corals and, of course, some of the big animals that jump start the adrenalin...read more and go to palautours.com for more detailed information @ http://www.palautours.com/dive-sites.html


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NECO Marine
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Day Dream Palau

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Ocean Hunter I, II &III Liveaboard
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Sam's Tour Palau, Micronesia
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Splash Dive Center at PPR

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Sail and DIVE with the Eclipse, Liveaboard

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The Aggressor Fleet - Liveaboard
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Palau's mushroom-shaped rock islands offer a variety of exciting dives: WWII wrecks, shark-infested channels, blue holes, a freshwater lake with stingless jellyfish and even a few caves. There are also sheer walls covered in lush soft corals and huge anemones. Beginner divers may find Palau's strong currents challenging. All dives are made from the 18-passenger dive skiff, which is lowered into the water by a hydraulic cradle. Seven-day charters are Sunday to Sunday with five days and one-half days of diving. Diving begins Monday and ends Saturday morning. Transfers from the Palau airport are provided on the day of arrival and departure.

PALAU is one of the WORLD'S 10 BEST SCUBA SPOTS according to Forbes TRAVELER in 2007

Forbes TRAVELER names PALAU Micronesia as one of the WORLD'S 10 BEST SCUBA SPOTS IN 2007

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Blue Corner, Palau, Micronesia

Blue Corner, Palau, teems with all manner of sea life—from turtles to barracudas and sharks. There are WWII wrecks, too. The current is fairly strong here, and most divers use a reef hook so you can "just kinda hang out and watch the action in front of you," says Tom Morrisey. "If you're lucky you'll see lots of sharks feeding naturally right in front of you… a lot people call it the best dive in the world." The best time to dive Palau is from October to early June.
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Latest NEWS from PALAUTOURS.COM updated DIVE SITES, Wreck Diving, Hotel accommodation…Conservation & other Business establishments

We are happy to announce that the following updates have been completed on the PalauTours.com website:

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© Gunther Deichmann - Blue Hole
Palau Micronesia

http://www.palautours.com/

More than 60 dive sites with descriptions (click on the image above) have been placed now, we are still working on some of the images in the right order but all the information is now there.

Completed the Wreck Diving pages

Updated also the Research & Conservation page have added detailed info (see below or click on the image)

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Under Hotel accommodation PPR is now available.
Under Other Business establishments
Palau Helicopters is now offering their service we also added the Palau Shop
A few pages still being worked on but will be available very shortly, in the meantime enjoy the site.
Your Palau Tours Team
http://www.palautours.com/

Did you know? Palau Pacific Resort was named ASIA'S leading Diving Resort in 2007...the World Travel Awards.

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© Gunther Deichmann - The place to be at sunset...
Click on the image above or the link below &
visit Palau Tours.com
http://www.palautours.com/

P
alau Pacific Resort...
Asia's leading Diving Resort 2007
, Micronesia,
The Pearls of the Pacific!

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http://www.palauppr.com/ja/
Click the link above and visit PPR's Japanese website

One more reason why YOU should stay at the Palau Pacific Resort during your next vacation, surrounded by a beautiful Garden and your very own Beach.
Dive Palau in the morning and relax at Sunset at the beach or visit the Mandara Spa, it doesn't get any better.

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PalauTours.com is offering all you need for Your Journey to PALAU... Your ultimate Tour Guide...information on Resorts, Restaurants, Hotels...Diving plus a lot more...

PALAUTOURS.COM
Your Tour Guide to Palau and Micronesia

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© Gunther Deichmann - Kayaks in the Rock Islands, Palau
click the image and go to our Gallery @

http://www.palautours.com/gallery.html

PALAUTOURS.COM
is a unique and very informative site for
all Your requirements before traveling to Palau in Micronesia.

The site is fully up and running but we have to fix some minor glitches
and add some more exciting pages for you.
By this coming weekend we should have everything just about in place.

The interesting part is, not only Palau will be represented but we include
islands like Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae in due time.
Just stay tuned or subscribe to our RSS feed for the latest developments.

With these addition we bring you a lot closer to this amazing part of the world, You dont get any closer to Nature...above and below the waves.

To some extend these islands are still unexplored in parts hence the recent discovery of some unusual inhabitants (see our last blog) the scientist are still debating who and where these small people came from. PalauTours.com is trying to keep you well informed from this part of the World, not only on leisure activities, but news on Marine life, Science projects, discoveries and of course environmental related issues.
If you have any interesting stories please dont hold back, send it to us, we love to publish it.

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Palautours.com
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Government offices, Conservation & Medical services
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© Gunther Deichmann - the World famous Blue Hole and
Blue Corner, Palau, plus many more different dive sites in our
Dive section including Dive Centers & Dive Resorts...
click the image and go to Palautours.com
http://www.palautours.com/gallery.html

We like YOU to use Palau Tours as your Resort, Hotel, Restaurant, Dive & Tour guide... YOU be amazed how beautiful this part of the world really is.
The Editor