We just spent four days in Peleliu Storyboard Resort, Palau, Micronesia. Peleliu within 45 express boat riding from Palau's capital Koror. The dive in Peleliu was incredible. Within only one minute boat ride, we reached world class dive sites, with which anywhere else could rarely compare. We saw schools of sharks, sea turtles, coral fans, sea snakes, all types of fish, rays, etc
. Now and in the future, when we see any diving pictures of Peleliu or Palau, we can proudly say that we have been there!!
However, we would like to suggest you to make more research and comparison when you make your dive plan in Peleliu, Palau. We stayed in Peleliu Storyboard Resort, which manipulates the dive operation in that little island, where there are many world class dive sites within very short boat riding distance. The Resort is owned by husband and wife, husband in charge of diving and wife in charge of Storyboard. The husband is a local guy and is cool. Under his guidance, we had wonderful dives, incredible!!!
However, the bungalow is small and sloppy. The mat at the bathroom door was soaked with shower water four days never changed. There was a layer of black mold around the bottom of the shower booth becoming thinker, darker, and climbing to higher level each day. There was an electric mosquito ceil in the room driving away mosquitoes while also driving human brain nerve to the jumping edge. There is no TV, no air conditioning, no telephone, and no internet access in the room or around the Resort.
We had no choice of food. Every morning, ants were already crawling in the plates before our arrival. Every lunch was a sandwich or an Asian box. The Asian box was three dices of Tuna fish sautéed with four pieces of green beans on top of rice. At dinner, we did not have enough food and asked the guy who was waiting on us that if more food was coming, but he sounded either that he spoke no English or could not understand what we wanted. The charges was $60.00 per person for the room including the three meals and each room takes two people. It means that husband and wife have to pay $120.00 for the room and meals per day---almost five star hotel charge.
Dive is additional. It coasts $90.00 for two dives and $135.00 for three, night dive is $65.00. Dive couples pay $300.00 per a two-dive day for both room and dive. Diving gears are additional.
No one ever asked us if the room and food was okay and if we needed anything. We are lucky that there is a mini-store within walking distance, even though we had to fight street dogs while walking there. We bought cans and ice creams to feed ourselves; otherwise, we would be too hungry. On the last day of our stay, when we asked the boss to check us out, the first thing she did was walking to the kitchen to talk with the cook if we ordered lunch for that day or not. Ordered? charge! Borrowed a little rope? Charge!
Also, there is no orientation or information to cautious people for the island, nor medical treatment in the Resort. A neat and nice old lady from Santa Barbara, California, spending relaxation in Peleliu before traveling to Thailand and Australia, encountered with fire coral while stepping in the water somewhere in Peleliu. She got major serious skin rush and soybean size blisters all over her body. She was in extreme suffer and had to end her trip immediately to get medical treatment.
We would strongly recommend divers to take other way to dive in Peleliu of Palau; such as live aboard or where that competition enforces dive operators to improve their services.
However, we would like to suggest you to make more research and comparison when you make your dive plan in Peleliu, Palau. We stayed in Peleliu Storyboard Resort, which manipulates the dive operation in that little island, where there are many world class dive sites within very short boat riding distance. The Resort is owned by husband and wife, husband in charge of diving and wife in charge of Storyboard. The husband is a local guy and is cool. Under his guidance, we had wonderful dives, incredible!!!
However, the bungalow is small and sloppy. The mat at the bathroom door was soaked with shower water four days never changed. There was a layer of black mold around the bottom of the shower booth becoming thinker, darker, and climbing to higher level each day. There was an electric mosquito ceil in the room driving away mosquitoes while also driving human brain nerve to the jumping edge. There is no TV, no air conditioning, no telephone, and no internet access in the room or around the Resort.
We had no choice of food. Every morning, ants were already crawling in the plates before our arrival. Every lunch was a sandwich or an Asian box. The Asian box was three dices of Tuna fish sautéed with four pieces of green beans on top of rice. At dinner, we did not have enough food and asked the guy who was waiting on us that if more food was coming, but he sounded either that he spoke no English or could not understand what we wanted. The charges was $60.00 per person for the room including the three meals and each room takes two people. It means that husband and wife have to pay $120.00 for the room and meals per day---almost five star hotel charge.
Dive is additional. It coasts $90.00 for two dives and $135.00 for three, night dive is $65.00. Dive couples pay $300.00 per a two-dive day for both room and dive. Diving gears are additional.
No one ever asked us if the room and food was okay and if we needed anything. We are lucky that there is a mini-store within walking distance, even though we had to fight street dogs while walking there. We bought cans and ice creams to feed ourselves; otherwise, we would be too hungry. On the last day of our stay, when we asked the boss to check us out, the first thing she did was walking to the kitchen to talk with the cook if we ordered lunch for that day or not. Ordered? charge! Borrowed a little rope? Charge!
Also, there is no orientation or information to cautious people for the island, nor medical treatment in the Resort. A neat and nice old lady from Santa Barbara, California, spending relaxation in Peleliu before traveling to Thailand and Australia, encountered with fire coral while stepping in the water somewhere in Peleliu. She got major serious skin rush and soybean size blisters all over her body. She was in extreme suffer and had to end her trip immediately to get medical treatment.
We would strongly recommend divers to take other way to dive in Peleliu of Palau; such as live aboard or where that competition enforces dive operators to improve their services.
