{"id":5623,"date":"2023-04-18T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2023-07-04T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T07:07:46","slug":"pw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islanddomains.earth\/en\/pw\/","title":{"rendered":"In Palau we Flew Over World Heritage in a Cessna Missing a Door, Then Ate Bat Soup at a Restaurant Run by a Hiroshima Carps Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Palau, a Japanese mandate territory from the end of World War I until Japan’s defeat in World War II, the local language has many words similar to Japanese, such as chichi-bando, an old word for bra and daijo-bu, meaning okay. While mainly known for being a marine resort, we took a look at some of the other attractions of Palau, a pro-Japan country. We visited a shrine that is protected by more than 20 guard dogs, flew in a Cessna airplane at an altitude of 450m with one of the doors missing, and tried soup that has a whole bat in it. The ccTLD for Palau is “.pw”.<\/p>\n

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\u25c6Where is Palau?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Palau is a republic of 586 islands of various sizes, located approximately 3,000 km due south of Japan. Palau is located south-west of Guam and there is no time difference with Japan. Palauan and English are both spoken. The island state of Angaur is the only place in the world where the official language is Japanese.
\nIt is the fourth least populous country in the world, with a population of 18,094 (2020). The currency used is the US dollar.<\/p>\n