The islands are very hilly and covered in dense jungle. Most of the people live in villages, so there is quite a lot of forest growing freely. Here and there around the islands are signs of the Japanese occupation from 1919 until the end of WWII when Palau was passed under US jurisdiction. Anti aircraft guns, bunkers, bauxite mines and an old not-in-use railway in the jungle. At 1994 Palau gained indipendancy, but still the US dollar is the currency here and everybody speaks english.
We did a nice full day jeep tour taking in most of the sights of the big island, trekking to a waterfall, wondering about the stone monoliths, looking at mangroves and even getting a peek at the local prison!
The Palauan chiefs had meeting houses around the island called the house of whispers: No nails were used in the building process.
Aivan upea reissu sinulla.
ReplyDeleteOlet kyllä nähnyt ja kokenut valtavasti kaikilla matkoillasi..
Olet varmaan kiitollinen..
pian ehkä nähdään
hani