Palau

Palau luxury cruise: coral reefs, white sand beaches, Jellyfish Lake and WWII relics from US$3,000-a-night catamaran

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This might seem like the opening scene of a horror movie but Ongeim L’Tketau – also known as Jellyfish Lake – home to approximately one million stingless Scyphozoa, is one of Palau’s most popular tourist attractions. These are the best corals I’ve ever seenMichael Cohen, visiting from San Francisco I’m embarrassed to admit that before … Read more

Taiwan at election crossroads as war threat looms – POLITICO

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This story was originally published in German by WELT, a sister publication of POLITICO in the Axel Springer Group. Nate Lin wants to be prepared for war.  On a Saturday morning in November, Lin, a 35-year-old Taiwanese man, practices how to apply a tourniquet to his right arm. In this fictive scenario, he’s been shot and … Read more