(5/2/09) 7:17 pm Palau | 3:17 am LA (5/2/09)Day 5 in Palau Rachel made whole grain banana pancakes for breakfast which were very good. We had a day full of rain, so I went over to Palau Fish 'n Dive to use their high speed internet to upload my photos and a video of Rachel and Shauna playing stand up paddle ball...I also downloaded the plug-ins I use for my blog (powered by WordPress) for Shauna. Several times while I was there it was a torrential downpour, bu...

4:19 am Palau | 12:19 pm LADay 4 in Palau I forgot to mention yesterday that Rachel and Shauna decided the welt on my leg must be from brushing against some coral when we were snorkeling. After they said that I remembered that one of the times I panicked (after trying to breathe through my nose) I was trying to drag my board to me (from the ankle leash) and I remember that part of my leg started to itch and felt like a small stinging/burning sensation. Rachel m...

6:05 am Palau | 2:05 pm LADay 3 in Palau Woke up to see two red markings on my right hand, looks like someone drew them on with a reddish-orange pen, but there's no pen color around this place...I feel like I'm in the movie "Medicine Man" :) I'll take a picture of them when it gets a little lighter outside. Also have a bite on my back (that's almost gone now...wow!) and a welt on my left leg. Guess I'm lucky, from what Rachel told me yesterday, the ins...

6:20 am Palau | 2:20 pm LADay 2 in Palau I was in bed around 8 pm (4 am LA) and was exhausted. I don't think it took me 10 min. to fall asleep. (Not 100% sure what time I woke up as the iPod was displaying LA time and I just found out that my Palm LifeDrive was 1 hour earlier) I listened to my iPod/dozed for about an hour then read 4-5 chapters of Y2K by Victor Poricelli on my Palm. Rachel and Shauna are out doing their early morning workout and I'm eating brea...

(4/28/09) 6:37 am Palau | 2:37 pm LADay 1 in Palau I found the crackers and ate them slowly. At some point I finally fell asleep for about an hour. When we arrived in Palau, a young Japanese girl/woman who was sitting in the aisle seat went up into the storage bin and took down my carry-on; I kind of panicked and said, "That's mine" to which she replied, "I know" and smiled and proceeded to hand it to me. I thanked her profusely (I forgot to ...