So I'm still figuring out how to blog.  You have to stick with me.  here are some pics from the first couple days.  Bottom left is a picture of flooded Houston after Hurricane Ike, which blew through the day before my flight. 

The top two pictures are from the dock where we left for our boating trip last saturday.  The top right is a picture of a bar with a monkey outside (top right of picture, you can see him in his little box).  Apparently this monkey isn't all that nice. 

I'm also trying to upload  a picture of my house and my car.  If that works, you can see my awesome beater of a car (the forerunner). It doesn't turn left, but it's a fighter.  Oh, and the steering wheel is on the right side. I'm getting used to this as well.  

I'm HERE!

Hello everyone, gossip girl here...

Right, so maybe I've watched the entire first 18 episodes of gossip girl on the plane over here and every night since. My email and phone aren't set up yet, and to be honest, that show is super addictive.

SO, I'm HERE! My flight was 25 hours and 80 billion minutes long. Aside from dealing with a very very very annoying man sitting next to me for 18 hours of it (who was on his way back to palau from florida, and has been an attorney here for over two years), the trip was just fine. That guy turned out to be an anomaly though, and everyone I've met SINCE him has been amazing. Palauans, and the american ex-pats here are so welcoming and wonderful.

Here are some highlights from my first three days in palau:
1. The scenery here is unreal. water is crystal clear and the palm trees give me a warm feeling inside.
2. They wakeboard here. I will fit right in.
3. I went snorkeling yesterday and it's truly the best in the world.
4. There is a family of roaches living in my bathroom.
5. Taro is not coconut. it is gross.

More from palau later. my time at the internet cafe is running low.

xoxo
Betsy