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My Frisbee boys! and ariel and nick

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14. Nick and I tried chewing betelnut. it was incredibly gross. Nick's cheek was swollen for over a week.
15. Karaoke. Yes. To all who doubt it, I watched my brother sing a country western song at a karaoke bar. I have it on video. it's amazing. He even admitted that he had a ton of fun doing so. I also made ariel sing Edelweiss with me, as an homage to our sixth grade play "the sound of music," and we got high score of the night! (these scores, as far as I can tell, are arbitrary, but we will take this praise nevertheless).

BFS goes to Palau

Me and nick and a pretty awesome sunset.
Nick goes Lord of the Flies on us. minus the angry killing anarchy bit.
The Ngardmau waterfall

Hello Everyone!

I know it's been some time since I last posted. About a month ago I went back to the good ole U.S. of A for the wedding of my dearest Meredith. It was beautiful and amazing and absolutely freezing. While it was very nice to be home and hug most of the greater philadelphia area, I am very happy to be back in hot, sticky Palau. I am gonna be honest, I really loathe cold weather, even when it surrounds my family and friends. After the nice visit in PA, I set back to Palau with none other than my oldest friend Ariel and my best brother nick. Ariel could only stay for a week, but we made it worthwhile. In a very brief and inadequate summary, here is what we did that week:
1. We stopped in Hawaii and got matching saraongs. obviously obligatory travel wear.
2. Took ariel snorkeling for the first time ever at the lovely palau pacific resort.
3. Went on a windy/rainy/high sea-ed sailing trip on the Sea Gypsy to Margie's Beach with Mihnea. It took about 2 hours, and ariel was dreadfully sea sick for about 1.5 of those hours.
4. Camped on Margie's beach, where nick knocked down his first coconut and split it open on a sharpened stick in the sand. Pic included.
5. Sailed back with glorious winds. Played games involving singing. boys not happy.
6. Went kayaking in Nikko bay. nick got to explore caves with old war stuff left in them. he was a happy happy boy.
7. Kramers for foozball and socializing. Nick likes Palau's very own Red Rooster beer.
8. Went to the Ngardmau waterfall! Pic included. Some nice hiking, ariel meditated. Nick tried to climb every rock he could see.
9. Ultimate Frisbee! ARiel plays this fabulous game for the very first time. We have an awesome time.
10. Nick and Ariel get to go to Dolphin's Pacific and play wiht a dolphin named... Ariel. for real.
11. Happy hour at the resort, where young palauan boys did some traditional warrior dances. I had a very gross and very alcoholic drink called shark attack and was drunk about half way through it.
12. Nick played some tennis, found a new friend.
13. Nick and ariel get to be extras on French Survivor. They are filming here this year and needed some white people to be stand ins for the helicopter shots. Ariel's character got kicked off and she did an oscar worthy job of crying on a rock.

Ariel left shortly thereafter and I'm sure slept for a very long time. it was a full and amazing week. Nick and I had an equally amazing week last week, full of diving, sharks, snakes, hikes and kayaks. I have begun the process of convincing everyone I know that they need to live on this island. It is just frankly amazing.

In the next post...

I went Skiffing! If you don't know what this is, I will explain later. If you do already know what this is, you know how cool I am.