Day 8 – Classroom on Wheels, moving to Yap

Day 8 – Classroom on Wheels, moving to Yap

Today we are having classroom on wheels, what is that? Well, we get on a bus and tour around to different hotels and see what they have to offer. There were three all together which we visited today. First was a low budget hotel, Desekel. This hotel is downtown, it is close to several restaurants and Fish-n-Fins were also nearby. The dive company will pick people up here and transport them to the boats. This would not be a bad place if you did not want any amenities like a beach, a view, or quiet. The second place was called Carolina’s Resort; this was a very small place, no real lobby, and small office and has only 8 cottages. It is a very romantic place with great views, the downside is it is on a hill which means lots of outdoor walking. The last place we went to was Cliffside Hotel. We had dinner here the other night at the Under the Mango restaurant. Not a bad place at all, in fact, if I could not get into the Palau Pacific Resort I would stay here. They are currently doing some remodeling, but they are doing it smartly; not all at the same time. They are doing small areas at a time to make sure they do not interrupt the guests that are booked at the hotel. Downside again is no beach and not every room has a balcony. When you leave your room you enter a hallway. That leaves me with the Palau Pacific Resort. A little higher priced then the Cliffside, but I think it is all worth it.

Our next stop was the museum. This is a great place to get some Palauan history and some souvenirs. If artifacts and history is not your thing then go upstairs and do some shopping. We spent only 45 minutes here. They wanted us to get some free time today to look around on our own. Plus we have to pack for Yap today, our flight leaves at 1am. Yes, that’s right 1am. Not completely sure why, something about connecting flight somewhere.

We are having lunch at NECO marine; they want to thank us for diving with them and for us to come back and pay our tabs for the diving. I had the driver drop Liz and I off at the police station after lunch so we could visit the jail to check out the story boards. Liz found one she liked and talked the price down a bit. I did not buy one this trip, I did by one the first time I was here a couple of years ago.

Well, I guess I should stop here and finish packing. I will start up again tomorrow in Yap now that I am caught up on my reports. I am now going to read some of my book Lesley got me and do some studying for my test, maybe rewrite my notes from class so they make better sense to me or maybe I will just take a nap.