By Agnes M. Abrau For Variety

KOROR (Palau Horizon, Marianas Variety, 3/28/2006)
 

A Canadian couple who have been to the world’s top dive sites have chosen Palau to be the venue of their wedding. An underwater wedding at the Chandelier Cave, just a short boat drive away from Palau Pacific Resort, took place on March 17 with Rev. Fr. Rusk Saburo celebrating the union of Allen Feinberg and Martine Cyr. The two are from Montreal, Canada and their wedding here was arranged by Splash Dive Shop of Palau Pacific Resort. It was Feinberg who learned about Palau while in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Feinberg said he read a book in the resort about the top 100 hotels in the world, which included Palau Pacific Resort. He said he then consulted his Lonely Planet Guidebook and read about Palau and Micronesia. He then told his fiancée that they would get married in Palau. “We planned with Miriam Cabral of Splash about the arrangements of the underwater wedding,” Feinberg said. Both licensed scuba divers, the couple have been to various dive sites around the world including Fiji, Tahiti, Bahamas, Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia and Maldives. “We rate Palau as one of the top three places in the world to take a vacation. People are very friendly here,” Feinberg said. Feinberg is the director of operations of Mega Projects, while Martine works in a bank. “The wedding came out better than our expectations. The lighting of the cave was good, the staff was cooperative and the weather was great,” Feinberg said. Four staffers from Splash Dive Shop and two Japanese videographers from Photo Palau were there to record the wedding. The couple arrived in Palau on March 12 and left on March 26.