Sorry about bad directions
As the Flyertalk member who gave you directions to Ritidian beach, I'm sorry they were so bad you couldn't make it.
If you saw the beach from the cliff all you had to go was to the very end of the road you were on. Oh well, maybe next time.
As a diver Palau is on the top of my list of places to go. I'm glad it was so much fun.
Do you have a link to any pictures?
Sailanacra