Vanuatu Underwater Post Office

     In 1940, during the war-torn World War II, the postal department of Nassau Island, the capital of the British Bahamas, set up a special postal service called The "submarine post office" collects the letters of the flow of submarine operators and others in a unified manner.

     In order to attract tourists, Vanuatu opened the world's only real "undersea post office" on Hideaway Island in May 2003. This underwater post office is operated underwater by postal staff who have received professional diving training. The person who sends the letter needs to wear a respirator or put on a diving suit and go down to a depth of three meters to deliver the waterproof postcard, and then the post office will stamp it. special seal. The underwater post office is 30 to 40 meters away from the coast and built at a depth of 3 meters below the sea surface. There is no other way to send letters there than by diving. The postcards used for posting are specially designed waterproof postcards, which can be purchased in nearby stores, and the price of one is about RMB 15.