One of the nice things about the south part of Palau is that it consists of many small islands inside a protective reef system. You can dinghy a great many places through the myriad of limestone channels. There are Hurricane holes everywhere for those interested in looking. In fact it is the first place we've felt a little disadvantaged. Some of the little lagoons have plenty of depth but entrances so narrow that only a small mono hull can get in.

We edited together some video clips of our dives this morning. It is always fun to put together little mementos of the nice spots. I may try to edit one down for the web. Sony Vegas and our little Sony HandyCam are still working well for us.

We did some errands in town and ended up eating a late lunch at the Rock Island Café. I would rate the place a solid middle of the road. Not great but edible. If there's no where else open it will work.

Hideko found a laundry place just down from Sam's tours that is shockingly cheap and very good. So Hideko and Miki got hour long massages for $20 each while the laundry did itself for $8. Rough life.

We spent the evening mingling with our many new friends at Sam's tour's Bottom Time Bar and Grill. Mike on Lorax will be leaving soon for the Philippines, we hope to catch up with him there. Gar and Nicole on Dream Keeper are heading for Indonesia but will make their way to Malaysia and Singapore, so we hope to see them again as well.

Whistler moves up to a crew of three when Eric picks up his friend from Argentina in two days. We will head out for a cruise of the Rock Islands shortly thereafter.