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FYI, it’s a tiny island nation in Micronesia that shares many similarities to ours. For one, it’s an archipelago, but so much smaller that if you drive 10 minutes in any direction, you’re bound to hit the sea. 


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 To My Dearest Baba, 

	

	It could have been better if you were here. Mount Bromo, at the crack of dawn, was simply surreal. The smell of sulfur permeated the air because active volcanoes surrounded the area. At once I felt one of them was going to erupt because viscous fumes billowed from its mouth. The cloud of smoke that the volcano emitted resembled a giant phantom that nonchalantly danced in midair.

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Viewed from up above, Palau’s glorious islands fascinated us passengers aboard Continental Airlines’ Boeing aircraft. (Continental is the only aviation company that flies to Palau and it has done so for over two decades.) 


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Sea Palau!

By Christine S. Dayrit | October 15, 2006 - 12:00am

As the sun begins to set on this Eden, the heavens high above blush with splashes of pink, mauve and red, while the celestial dance of the fishes changes step underwater. I remember a Palauan myth of the setting...

Travel and Tourism

Take a plunge into Palau

By Therese Jamora-Garceau | April 23, 2006 - 12:00am

Before Asian Spirit flew there for the first time on April 2, Palau was a name known only to avid scuba divers. "What’s in Palau?" people would ask when I told them where I was going, or –...

Travel and Tourism

From a distance

July 3, 2005 - 12:00am

To My Dearest Baba, It could have been better if you were here. Mount Bromo, at the crack of dawn, was simply surreal. The smell of sulfur permeated the air because active volcanoes surrounded the area. At...

Allure

Palau: Paradise Preserved

By Christine S. Dayrit | June 1, 2003 - 12:00am

My passion for the sea and what lies beneath it has fuelled my quest to find the most beautifully preserved paradise on earth. And then I found Palau, which I’m sure will remain pristine and magical a century...

Travel and Tourism