{"id":239,"date":"2026-09-30T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/?p=239"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:39:36","slug":"tesol-worldwide-image-of-the-day-palau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/2026\/09\/30\/tesol-worldwide-image-of-the-day-palau\/","title":{"rendered":"TESOL Worldwide Image of the Day: Palau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-30-palau.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fireworks crack open the dusk over Koror&#8217;s lagoon, and the whole island seems to be dancing. Palau&#8217;s Independence Day \u2014 October 1st, the day this Pacific nation stepped into the world on its own in 1994 \u2014 fills the capital with parades, boat races, and the rolling thunder of drums, dancers in hibiscus-threaded dress swaying beneath a sky stitched with blue-and-gold flags, the Japan-Palau Friendship Bridge glowing gold behind them. It is the loudest, proudest night of the year on these Rock Islands, and for everyone watching, it is impossible not to fall a little in love with Palau. <a href=\"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/teach-in-Palau.htm\">Teach English in Palau<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fireworks crack open the dusk over Koror&#8217;s lagoon, and the whole island seems to be dancing. Palau&#8217;s Independence Day \u2014 October 1st, the day this Pacific nation stepped into the world on its own in 1994 \u2014 fills the capital with parades, boat races, and the rolling thunder of drums, dancers in hibiscus-threaded dress swaying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atesol-org","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atesol.org\/teachabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}