Not sure if I caught something from the airplane or one of the other divers, but man-oh-man...I haven't spent this much time on the couch in ages *hack* *hack*. On the upside, I've had plenty of time to finish my recap video. Run time is about 8 minutes, but I put the highlights in the first 1 min. 45 sec.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Please view in full screen mode.
(click the four white arrows in the bottom right corner - next to the Vimeo logo)
Also, please turn your speakers on!
There are some nice tunes from XX, Blue Scholars, and some old-school Jamaican Ska I hope you'll enjoy. Or you can mute the sound and just put T-Pain on repeat (Mom this is a joke, don't really do it).
Things that weren't captured in the slideshow:
Ascending from some of the dives... it was amazing to look down: coral as far as the eye can see. In other places I've dove (the Caribbean, Hawaii) there are patches of coral and sand in between. In Palau it's solid coral - not one patch of sand visible.
Some of the dive sites, especially down south in Peleliu, there were WWII artifacts. During the dive it would be all round-y organic shapes and then all of sudden - a perfectly square box 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft covered in coral. Sometimes the coral growth was so dense, it was hard to tell what mother nature made and what was man made.
I wish I could capture the sounds in the rock islands. It's the classic, movie soundtrack beautiful-and-a-tiny-bit-creepy combination of strange bird calls, trees rustling and water lapping. It reminded me of the river scenes in Apocalypse Now but no monkeys and not at all threatening.
The guide on our kayak trip was great. A native Palauan, she had a lot of interesting insights about growing up on a (somewhat) remote island. Besides being a great naturalist, she gave an interesting perspective on Palau's history as a territory of Japan, the U.S., and at last as an independent nation.
Big thanks to the crew on Palau Aggressor II and the staff at Sam's Tours. I hope to be back one day!
5 comments:
cool video, megan! neat story and (of course) cool toonces.
SHARKS!!!!! I am so glad that I can live vicariously through you...
great stuff!
WOW...that's all I can say. The photo's were incredible. I thought I was looking at professional photos! Looks like you guys had fun...cant wait until we can go with you sometime!!
It is extremely interesting for me to read this article. Thank you for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read more soon.
I finally watched your video - amazing! So many beautiful images, and it just left me wishing I could go with you next time!
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