Rock Islands Solitude

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Palau

Palau Rock Island area is famous for its beauty and exclusivity; you need a permit to enter here and some areas are off limits. Anyhow, we expected it to be scenic.

What we didn't expect, since about 7000 tourists a month come here and it seems like they all take boat trips out into the Rock Islands, was the solitude.

Most of the Rock Island anchorages are absolutely quiet and waters are often as still as mill ponds.

We also found boisterous sailing conditions at times, and reef strewn waters, so there is excitement too.

Unfortunately we don't have photos of that part. Some film we bought in Papau New Guinea was bad and we lost a number of good shots.