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Top Hotels in Yap
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ESA Bay View Hotel Colonia
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Manta Ray Bay Hotel Colonia
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The Pathways Hotel Colonia
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Travel Blogs from Yap, Micronesia
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Yapping
This is a top pick! ... SCUBA diving, so when we had the rare opportunity to come here I jumped at the chance! Yap is a state in a nation called the Federated States of Micronesia. After the defeat of the occupying Japanese forces in WWII, the islands of Micronesia became ...
Meet Yap, above water
This is a top pick! We spent yesterday, surfing the net. We booked Palau: we are there for 8 days (exclusive the arrival and departure days) and go diving for 6 days. Unbelievable: we also booked our first 3 nights in Guam. There, also, we had to choose from second ...
Still do not feel well and have a lovely day !
This is a top pick! Tourista (almost) done but I wake up with a smashing head ache. Don't want to go diving like that! Hubby stays in bed too. I do not insist he goes diving on his own. The dive mast did not buddy him up yesterday. It is NOT safe to dive on your ...
About box fish and rats
This is a top pick! Pick up at 8. It is a rough ride today. The dives are nice. Hubby finds me a box fish!!! Both of the dives are more than 70 minutes! Sailing back, Dr T does not feel so well: sea too wild. I have never been seasick in my life but I feel ...
Jaws !!!
This is a top pick! Although I do like the food, I get sick at night. Yup, yup (or should I say: Yap, Yap?) the tourista! Believe me: it is NOT a good idea to go diving when you have a close relationship with the toilet bowl. Tony goes on his own and what do we see: ...
I am attacked AND bitten !
This is a top pick! Happy birthday, mummy. Nothing prepared me for today's trauma! It looks like a perfect day in paradise. With our 2 divemasters/captains, we sail to the first diving spot. Julie joins us too. She is the underwater photographer of the ...
To Palau
This is a top pick! ... view and the smell make me sick. We finally take off, 45 minutes late, to land in Palau, the same time we left Yap. We booked our hotel through the dive shop. Dr T knew immediately it was a Beata we were talking to. Beata is the former secretary ...
The weather is Belgium is better !
This is a top pick! Since you never know what happens the next day: we do not go to the stone money bank: it is an hour's walk and it is pouring all day! So, we decide to stay home. Have a lazy day. We have to book our next destinations! Planes are booked but we ...
Topl.ss girls everywhere,even in church.T l.ves it
This is a top pick! ... an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, the least westernized state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The "island" of Yap actually consists ...
Getting beat up on the ruins
... the islands creating retaining walls. The walls go right into the water and the resulting canals are known as the "Venice of Micronesia." Most of them have collapsed but the one in the picture is the largest one still standing, called Nan Douwas. ...
Paradise found
Traveling to Micronesia was not fun. Philippine Airlines was far from punctual and Manila Airport was by far the most chaotic place we have ever visited (compared with Buenos Aires, Pristina, Tirana, Colombo, Mumbai and many other places). Officials ...
Yap, Yap, Yap
... to help her find Yap (and to be fair Yap isn't really a country on it's own but is part of the Federated States of Micronesia- FSM- along with Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk (formerly Truk)- 607 islands in total). Yap is arguably the most well known of the ...
Yap
My sister, age 10, wrote: We checked the museum again but it was still closed. When we got back we had a car so we went out by the airport to see some old Japanese zeroes. We had to go back, have lunch, and go out again with a guide. It turned out ...
Yap
My sister, age 10, wrote: In the morning I felt pretty good but couldn't eat half of my breakfast. Afterward Mom and Dad went to church but left us behind. When they got back I told them that I wasn't feeling good. They said I probably had some of the ...
Yap
... get their drinking permits. We had to walk farther to pay but it was fun. On the way back, we stopped at a store and I bought a Yap t-shirt then we went back and Mom and Dad went out to use their permits and we played cards. After we got bored and played ...
Yap
In the morning, Ardie and I went out onto the balcony and the Japanese honeymooners were having a celebration of some kind out on the beach. We wanted to stay but we had to go to the airport. We almost missed the bus! Once on Tap, we got our bus to the ...
Yap - Day #2
... scuba diving, and although I had a full night's sleep, I continued to sleep in. It's very easy to feel relaxed in Yap. Recently, Forbes magazine did a travel article in which they named Yap as the "quietest place on earth." And I can ...
Yap - Day #3
... lunch in downtown Colonia (if you could call it "downtown") at a restaurant called Oasis. It's probably best described as Yap's version of a diner. The lunch menu consisted of sandwiches and noodle bowls (there's a lot of Asian influence in ...
Yap - Day #1
... to be born the day before. The hotel's Internet was down, but I was able to purchase a pre-paid card from Micronesia's telecommunications company, and connect via their system. And found great news: Cecilia Maria had arrived, at 7 lbs. 10 oz. ...
Yap - Day #4
... by the taste of betel nut, and only took a couple sips... We had dinner at the Manta Bay Resort, another popular hotel in Yap that mainly caters to divers. They have a bar and restaurant in a converted schooner ship called the Mnuw. Once ...
Pics and Tales from Yap
We had a nice time in Yap and we are now in Palau. Please look through both entries or the photo album (we don't know how to integrate yet). Off to the ...
First Encounter of the Manta Kind
Hello from Yap. We arrived safely in Yap on Saturday night. Sunday morning we had our first encounter with a Manta Ray - wing span of 5-6ft - it was really cool. We would love to send you a picture but this computer is a little ancient and has no USB ...
Chit chat from Yap!
... an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands.[2] The "island" of Yap actually consists ...
Magical Mantas
... any better, but it did. This afternoon I didn't dive because my ear was hurting me (turns out, after a trip to the Yap hospital, I have an ear infection...that's a whole different story). But, I did snorkel and there were two mantas swimming back and ...
News from Yap
... he only had "micronesian brains". Trust me, he's right on top of every dollar he's working with! One noticeable thing about Yap is that nearly everyone here chews the betel nut, and they chew it constantly! In the office, each person has a little ...
Arriving in Yap
... lot of signs that said "No spitting" but it is way more prevalent here. Second, the topless women: the traditional garb for women in Yap is to wear a grass skirt with no top. So, the women were wearing the traditional garb. But, I did notice that once ...
Stop overs on the way to Palau
After a few hour layover on Guam (got to sit in the Continental Lounge, thanks to the girls Worldperks status), then we are off to Palau via ...
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