Pristine Palau
“A lii!”The customs officer greeted me with a huge smile and a different kind of welcome message: “Enjoy pristine paradise Palau and please don’t disturb or harm the natural environment around you.”Then, instead of the usual passport entry stamp, I got a stamp with the ‘Palau Pledge’: a world-first, where every visitor to this tiny Micronesian country has to sign a declaration as a commitment to future generations that they will preserve and protect the Palau-ans’ beautiful and unique island home.
“Before long I was being offered the inside intel on ‘secret’ spots for hiking, snorkelling and diving”
Just five
