If you are a new traveler in Palau here is one place you can visit for free. Staying in Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel, a budget hotel, email address: fnbpalauhotel@yahoo.com , Tel No. (680) 488-1703/1704, Fax No. (680) 488-4883) has advantages. It may be an economy hotel in Koror Palau but it has the amenities from fully airconditioned rooms, hot and cold shower, complimentary toiletries, cable TV, phone line, refrigerator with free bottled mineral water to a safety deposit box (at the front desk). These are the basics you will need in making you stay in Palau worthwhile. Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) in Koror, Palau also offers a pick and drop airport service transportation which makes it all the more convenient for Palau travellers.
Not far from Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) is Long Island Park, accessible by taxi, a bicycle ride or a few minutes walk (if you feel up to it). Turning left after crossing the Malakal Bridge you will find Long Island Park. It is a public place where people can swim, snorkel or just hang around relax and have with some fun friends for free.
Tourists in buses flock to this place for a short swim. You will find a variety of small fishes, but if you get lucky and the tide is high you will find big ones too. If you are not afraid of snakes and find these wiggling creatures fun, you can start snorkeling from the left side of the entrance.
Let me tell you my (just mine, coz the others did loved the experience) funny but uncomfortable experience while snorkeling at Long Island Park. The area right after the entrance to the park is a place where people don’t usually swim, actually we i know why, maybe that’s the reason why these snakes stay there since they can stay undisturbed.
We were kind of asking ourselves before why people don’t snorkel on that part, so we tried. The water was cold that time and the tides were high. We started at the far end and soon we saw two snakes coming from behind us! Ewwwe!!! Too creepy for me, I had to take off my goggles and snorkel and just swam as fast as I could away from it. For others it would have been quite a sight to see and to take some pictures.
Anyway, we moved to the part where people usually stayed and continued snorkeling from there. If ever you can visit Palau, or for this part, Long Island Park, Koror Palau please be reminded that you can enjoy all you want, swim and snorkel all you want, bring your food but don't throw your trash anywhere except in the trashcans and liquors and alcoholic beverages are not allowed too.
At the end of Long Island Park you can find a lemon tree where you can get some lemons for free. There is also a big shed where parties are held, a swing and seesaw for the kids to enjoy.
You can also have a great view of the Malakal Bridge where boats pass by.
All in all visiting Long Island Park is a great way to enjoy the beauty of Palau for free. Labels: a, and, Beach, budget hotel, economy hotel, free, Fun, koror palau, Long Island Park, palau hotel, park, the, Travel
