The Rock Islands part 2: Jelly fish lake and Cemetery Reef Dive

In addition to the Milky way, we also went to Jellyfish lake and cemetery reef. Jelly fish lake was everything the travel books tell you it is. A semi-strenuous hike up then down a muddy hill leads you to a serene salt water lake in the middle of a small rock island. By looking at the lake it looks very average. Then you go to a dock and kick off your shoes and put on your snorkel gear. Then you start swimming. First, you see one or maybe two jellies, kind of deep down. It is eerie if you have ever snorkeled before, because you are taught not to go towards jellyfish unless you want to be stung. But then as you get closer to where the sun is hitting the lake there is an entire cloud of jellies. They are everywhere!! They are this beautiful clear orange color. They don't sting, but they are still delicate, so you just float along and let them brush by. They all pulsate in time, it is like being in a large heart. The silence was absolutely intriguing and they are so beautiful. Just as we were getting ready to get out a large group of Chinese tourists came. Screaming and yelling, it was really disturbing to see people acting like that in such a sacred place. After we left, we ate lunch and snorkeled a World War II fighter plane crash right off the beach of where Survivor Palau was filmed. Not much wildlife, but the plane was cool. Then we went to some open space which was marked. Our guide told us to grab our gear and get in. Imagine just seeing blue-ish black water and jumping in, then looking below the surface and seeing Finding Nemo's Reef. It was like that. So many species of fish and coral, anenomes, giant clams.... Whoa. Just Whoa. I saw damsel fish, very similar to clown fish but with one stripe only. Anyways. More soon.