Hong Kong airport
Bergen/Stavanger-Oslo, Oslo-London, London-Hong Kong (and still 2 flights to go..)
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"Whiplash-turtle"
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First lunchbreak beach
First coconut
A bit insecure...
...but trying...
...and trying...
"Man against nut"
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Me! Mee!
Down into the blue hole
Shark in calm water
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Proof that Marianne can use chopsticks #1
Proof that Marianne can use chopsticks #2
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Richard (UW photographer)
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From inside blue hole
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"sleeping" shark
Big tame napoleon
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2 x 225 Yamaha
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The trendy new "raincoat/bikini-look"
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Japanese Zero engine at Helmet Wreck (or Depth Charge Wreck)
Ammo-crate at same wreck
And a rifle
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Our nice and cozy room at the Guest Lodge
The Bar-a-cuda
Jon with the Fish 'n Fins cat
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Ulong Beach
Known from "Survivor"
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Some local wildlife
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The coconutses belong to usss!
Materials for a shelter? A raft?
Memorial for the first Europeans to shipwreck on Ulong Beach
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Guest Lodge Motel
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Koror fire station
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Preparing for election...
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First primitive humans getting out in daylight
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Marianne, exploring a cave on the beach
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"Today, on air-crash investigators..."
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Strong current on Blue Corner
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Me taking a picture of Marianne taking a picture of a shark
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"Mind your head"
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Marianne and a shark
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Think Moses tried to get out of the way... :-)
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Huge branch-coral
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Me, hooked on
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Jon, protecting himself from the rain (but it never rains in Palau?!)
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HUGE lobster
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Manta, Viktor and Marina (and?) at German channel
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Cleaning-fish (cleaning me!) at German Channel
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Coral
Dead giant clam
Giant clam
Just for size-comparison
Cuttlefish!
Not octopus! Cuttlefish!
Changing colors look better in real life
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But very cool eyes!
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"Around noon, the Jon comes out from the jungle looking for food"
At last we find a proper rock for coconut-breaking.
The taste of success!
Logging!
Calm day in the Pacific!
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Sias tunnel (Jon to the left, Ixtara (correct?) to the right.
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Marianne in Sias tunnel
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Lionfish living in the ceiling (watch the air pockets)
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Small red fish living in a small hole in the ceiling of Sias tunnel
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Porcupine fish (?)
Paradise
...
...
Definitely paradise!
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Cast-aways
Jon to the rescue
"How to break a coconut"
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Nice!
Me and Marianne about to do 90 minute dive time
Getting a bit bored...
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Finally! 1,5 hours under water!
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Me, discovering the monster from "Lost" has moved to Palau
Tired of coconuts? Try some "unknown fruit-thingy" today! Might not even be poisonous!
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WWII wreck (has been on the surface since the 40's!)
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Japanese cargo ship "Iro"
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Turtle Cove
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Memorial of a Korean who dissappeared from turtle cove six months ago
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A....
... don't know what exactly?
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A happy bunch of divers!
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Breakfast at Bar-a-cuda
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