On our last day at Palaui, my sister and
I decided to just explore the island and trek to some of its hidden gems. We
arranged from Nature Village for an island guide who will accompany us around
the island. Ate Maricar was assigned to us. We told her that we want the see
the nearest waterfalls and to trek to some of the islands nearby beaches.
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| Waking up with this beautiful view! |
She then led the way along the shore
until we reached a structure (a shed of some sort) that according to her was
the place where the TV Survivor tribal council meetings were held. The hut was
still in great shape, but is now plagued with hermit crabs. So that makes it
Survivor, Palaui Island: Hermit Crab Edition. We took some pictures and played
with the hermit crabs for a while (hermit crab racing) before we continued on
with our trek.
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| Survivor Palaui Island! |
We left the shore and went deeper into
the island where we met the Aeta Community. Since we were there during the
weekdays, we were given an opportunity to observe one of the Aeta children
classes. There was only one classroom and about 20 students so it was not clear
to us if they have grade levels. The teacher who was in front of the class was
also an Aeta and she was teaching the kids about Mathematics. I guess counting
was important to them since that would come in handy during trade and doing
business with other communities.
