Palau - 2016

On our final approach in to a transit stop at Manila.

We ordered fruit bat soup, not quite expecting to find a whole fruit bat in the bowl of broth. After posing for a picture, the boiled bat was taken to the kitchen, fully prepared, and returned for consumption. And yes, really, it did taste a lot like chicken.

Koror, Palau.

Islands in Nikko Bay, Palau.

Approach to Cathedral Cave.

View from the inside.

Corals in the World Heritage listed lagoon of Palau.

The remains of a Japanese cargo ship, sunk by an American air attack during World War II.

We snorkelled through a tunnel and in to a shallow salt water lake filled with a huge variety of corals and fish.