Palau's world-class snorkeling spot, the Big Drop Off, is listed as one of the Seven Ocean Wonders of the World.
The waters of Palau come in 7 different colours and are a famous diving mecca known for their underwater landscapes.
As a primitive small island country, Palau has a land area of only 458 square kilometers, the population is also very sparse, the national population is only more than 17,000 people, Palau's material civilization conditions are still relatively backward, and there is no modern thing here.
Downtown can be explored in 20 minutes, limited restaurants, almost no pastime, and very few things to choose from. It's more like a small town, who knows everyone, and there are relatives everywhere.
In terms of civilization, the local area was entrusted by the United States after World War II, and all government legal education systems followed the American model. The locals are well educated in the United States, speak fluent English, respect the spirit of the contract, and are quite law-abiding and civilized.
This is very different from the tourist destinations in Southeast Asia, where arrogant Palauans are reluctant to serve others, and locals are interested in being captains and drivers in addition to serving as civil servants.
They are sincere, simple and kind, and they are not willing to accept foreigners to this land for nothing.
This is also a place of inheritance of matrilineal clan culture, and almost all interpersonal relationships are based on family units. Because international aid is abundant, they do not rely on any industry, not even tourism or fishing.
They are most willing to spend more time in the ocean, and they call the sea of Palau the "Glass Sea" because of its colorful colors and unpredictable changes, like holding a piece of glass in the palm of your hand. Riding on the sea is like gliding on a silky blue silk cloth.
The waters of Palau are scattered with hills, the Rock Islands, and for hundreds of millions of years the rock islands in the sea have been hit by the waves and grown into broccoli.
They used to go to the bay in front of their homes at dusk to swim in their usual clothes and go into the water, and flirt with the flocks of turtles and sumei fish for a while, and then go home after being cool enough.
Beneath this glassy sea is Palau's proudest underwater conservation environment and purest marine ecology. The continuous blue staghorn coral is like a blue grassland.
A one-man reef shark, and a turtle that can't hold it, here they all have their own population, appearing in line of people's sight...
If you are lucky, you can see a storm composed of huge schools of fish on the seabed, a wall where fish gather, and the bottom of the sea is another world, which is more endless than the human world...
People who live here will definitely visit the famous jellyfish lake, and when we really become part of the local area, we will feel a little sad about these soft, floating guys.
The non-toxic jellyfish in jellyfish lakes have been away from their many natural enemies for thousands of years, and now their greatest threat is that of humans. It is necessary to remind them not to lift them out of the water with their hands, or to kick their fins vigorously in the jellyfish lake, and the fragile jellyfish can easily be scattered. Therefore, to protect the ecology of Jellyfish Lake from harm, human beings should go all out to protect it.
Jellyfish Lake is not really a lake. Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the Rock Islands on the surface of the sea were partially lifted, forming a relatively closed water in the middle, and alien creatures could not enter.
For thousands of years, it has formed its own unique ecological environment, and the golden monk hat jellyfish that originally survived in this water area, because it was not threatened by natural enemies, then degraded its weapon, the tentacles with neurotoxins, evolved into cute and non-toxic jellyfish, and multiplied in high quantities.
Therefore, to get to Jellyfish Lake, you need to go out to sea by boat, reach Rock Island, where Jellyfish Lake is located, and crawl a mountain road to reach the waters of the hinterland. After entering the water, you can find traces of the golden jellyfish.
It will slowly appear in front of you, first one or two looming, twisting their slightly transparent bodies, slowly crossing the people with their large heads. Then, more and more, like stepping into a starry sky, flocks of jellyfish around, slowly moving, some as small as the thumb cover, some as big as a football, full of water world... After experiencing it personally, I feel that it is extremely dreamy, and time seems to be stopped.
The landscape on the cliff wall is even more spectacular, and the red coral fan as large as the tabletop is extremely rare to stretch out on the cliff wall.
In addition to this world-class snorkeling spot, more divers come to visit their favorite top dive sites, including the Blue Cave and Blue Horn.
Among them, the senior divers in Europe and the United States are the mainstay, diving for several days in a row is like a march, the submariners who have never met in the same ship discuss equipment with each other, cooperate with each other, and even rely on the safety of their partners, waiting for the submarine divers to float out of the water, the submarine divers will cheer and jump together to celebrate success! Many people have stayed here after being addicted to diving.
Many locals use simple kayaks to go to the sea, choose the sunny weather, rowing for hours to reach the far sea, the sea can not hear the noisy motor sound, can hear the cicadas between the Rock Islands...
The blue ocean of the Palau Archipelago and the amazing beauty of the creation have impressed many potential divers.
Isle of Seventy is the most iconic Rock Islands protected area off the coast of Palau, a sea area that cannot be approached by anyone other than a scientific expedition or even by its own president, and only the air route can give you a glimpse of this place that is more heavenly than heaven.
What you encounter in Palau is not only the vast world that touches people's hearts, but also the hearts that cannot be calmed for a long time...