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The Emerald Islands of Palau

The mesmerising emerald islands of Palau top a shortlist of locations for the next season of the popular US reality television series 'Survivor', which pits hardbodied individuals against each other for a top prize of one million dollars.

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Survivor 7 Starts Filming

According to an official government document, Survivor Entertainment Group, the production company behind the show Survivor, requested permission to film between June 23, 2003 and August 23, 2003. Diane Ogden, from Survivor: Africa, also reported that the contestants left sometime today (06/15). Discuss here >>

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Heidi & Jenna to pose in Playboy

Jenna Morasca, the swimsuit model who won $1 million last month on "Survivor: Amazon," and her friend Heidi Strobel won't need swimsuits for their next photo spreads. This time the pair will bear it all for the Playboy lenses.

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Survivor: All-Stars (Palau)?

This out-of-the-way tropical island nation and its endless Eden-like vistas is atop the short list of locations being considered for the next season of America's popular television series "Survivor," local officials reported this week.

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Part III: Maps and Images

The following are maps related to Survivor: Pearl Islands.

Part II: Las Perlas Islands

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The 220 Pearl Islands, discovered by Balboa in 1514, are located about 50 miles from Panama City in the Pacific Ocean. Here the Spaniards found the famed, 31-carat pearl known as "La Peregrina" that was given to the Queen of Spain. Contadora Island is the fifth-largest one of the Pearl Islands.

In Pre-Columbian times, Las Perlas Islands were ruled by an Indian king whose main occupation was pearl-diving. Pearls were then used as ornament and to trade with. Most pearls in the world were collected in these waters.

Las Perlas Islands arose the greed of the Spaniards. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, who discovered and gave name to the Pacific Ocean from a point less than 90 kilometers from San Jose Island, was attracted by its wealth in gold and pearls. Later on, Las Perlas Island sheltered famous pirates of different nationalities, that for several centuries looted the wealthy Spanish settlements and fleet. San Jose is the second largest of Las Perlas Islands, with 44 sq. kilometers, located in the middle of the Gulf of Panama and just 90 kilometers away from Panama City. It can be reached by boat in approximately 3 hours, and by propeller plane in 20 minutes.

Over 35 splendorous white coral, ebony black and radiant gold beaches and coves surround San Jose, embedded between the temperate and calm turquoise and blue waters of the Gulf of Panama, and the lush green vegetation that covers the whole island over gently sloping hills which peak, at the north of the island, to 440 feet.

The coast line is very irregular, affording many anchorage locations, being the best, Bodega Bay, on the west, one mile in length, and half a mile wide.

The soil is extremely fertile and nourishes a wide variety of vegetation including gallery forests with trees rising 80 feet and higher, with occasional arboreal giants. Coconut palms and wild sugar cane are found along the coast line. Several hitherto unknown plants have been found here, and were named after World War II commanders, such as Gen. Bullone, Lt. Colonel-Thompson and Major Campbell.

San Jose is irrigated by many rivers and springs, the main ones flowing steadily year-round, providing for abundant pure, fresh waters. Some sites along these steams can be utilized to install power plants. Several waterfalls, up to 60 feet high, and natural caves, further enhance the beauty of the island.

The climate of the island is typically with a rainy season from May to November, and dry season from December to April. The temperature ranges between a minimum of 65ºF, with a average of 79ºF.

Also, there are no hurricanes, as opposed to the Caribbean; nor earthquakes to worry about.

Wildlife is abundant and consistent with the rich vegetation and the profusion of water, with a population of over 3,000 wild pigs, and large quantities of deer, agoutis, parrot and giant pigeons.

The waters of San Jose abound in tropical game fish, and are considered-among the best fishing grounds in the world. Never do San Jose game-seekers return empty handed. 16 black marlin world records have been conquered in these waters. Sailfish, amberjack, bonito, wahoo, dolphin, corbin, red snapper, tuna and macarel, as well as marine turtle, shrimp giant oysters, clams and mussels make this a paradise for fishermen and divers.

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Part I: Republic of Panama

"This fall 16 new survivors journey off the coast of Panama to a land steeped in a bloody history of piracy. A hidden chain of more than 100 tropical islands located in the blue green waters of Central America: these are the Pearl Islands. It is a place of ancient riches with a turbulent history of looting and plundering. The ruins of spanish forts and sunken ships are monuments to a violent and infamous past where the deeds of pirates like Drake and Morgan are legendary. In these Panamanian waters lurks of the most exotic and dangerous marine animals in all of the Pacific ocean. Schools of sharks, sting rays, dolphins, and sea turtles thrive in a spectacular world underneath the sea. And, for the first time each tribe will have their own island and the marooning will be unlike anything experienced by previous survivors. Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all the others to become the sole survivor. Find out this Fall as the adventure continues in the Pearl Islands. "

Panama located at the geographical center of the American continent, joins North and South America. It borders the Caribbean sea to the North, the Pacific Ocean to the south, Colombia to the east and Costa Rica to the west.

Panama is the youngest landmass of the Americas, having emerged from the oceans approximately 3-10 million years ago. The of linking the landmasses of the two Americas in biological terms helps explain the incredible bio-diversity found in Panama More than 10,000 varieties of plants and more than 1,000 species of birds have been identified despite Panama's small (75,900 sq km) size. The only Rainforest located in the middle of a major city in Latin America is within minutes from downtown Panama City.

With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.

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