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    Here you can keep up-to-date with the latest events, trips, news, and everything else going on at The Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers.

    Bill Acker stirs it up on the Mnuw

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 23, 2010
    Today saw the first day’s training in the kitchen on board the Mnuw, our 100 year old floating restaurant moored by the Manta Ray Bay Resort.  The reason for the training you might ask?  Well, we are in the process of totally overhauling our menu and putting into place something that is exciting, fresh, tantalizing...
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    Peter Schneider’s First Shark Dive in Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 22, 2010
    Here I am, at the Manta Ray Bay Resort on the island of Yap in the Pacific region known as Micronesia.  After a long journey from French Polynesia, my video equipment and I have arrived safely.  I had just enough time to set up my diving and video equipment, when Yap Divers announced  a Shark...
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    Reef Seekers in Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 20, 2010
    We were fortunate to have our good friend, Mr. Ken Kurtis from Hollywood, California back in Yap recently. This was Ken's 6th visit and he brought several of his best customers with him. Here is an excerpt from his latest newsletter: Bill, We had a great week (ten days actually with all the travel time)...
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    World Cup – Micronesia Style

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 12, 2010
    The crew of Yap Divers spent this morning with several of our guests, including Ken Kurtis of Reef Seekers Dive Company in Hollywood, California, our webmaster Dustin Macdonald, the Captain of the Spanish owned sailing yacht - Never Say Never, currently moored off from the Manta Ray Bay Resort and several local residents of Yap....
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    Peter Schneider übernimmt Manta Visions

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on July 10, 2010
    ab dem 1. Juli wird Profi-Filmer Peter Schneider die Leitung von Manta Visions, dem Video- und Foto-Center des Manta Ray Bay Resorts, übernehmen. Ambitionierten Filmern und Fotografen ist sein Name sicherlich ein Begriff: Nachdem der gebürtige Berliner zwölf Jahre lang für das Deutsche Fernsehen gearbeitet hatte, ging er für neun Jahre nach Rangiroa/Französisch-Polynesien und produzierte...
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    WWII Memorial to be dedicated on Pacific Island of Yap

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on June 15, 2010
    WWII Memorial to be dedicated on Pacific Island of Yap Yap Island, FSM, June 12th, 2010:  The Yap Visitors Bureau (YVB) and the Missing Air Crew Project (MACP) announce the dedication of one of the most unique World War II memorials in the Pacific. The newly constructed site displays the wreckage of a plane flown...
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    Missing Air Crew Project – July 18-28, 2010

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on May 19, 2010
    Pat Ranfranz started researching his uncle's (T/Sgt John R. McCullough) downed aircraft almost 25 years ago while in college. First traveling to Yap in 2005 to find his uncle's missing plane, Pat has researched, located and documented numerous other missing American planes lost over Yap during the war. The Missing Air Crew Project is thrilled...
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    MANTA FEST – Unterwasserfoto-Festival unter Haien und Mantas (4.-14. September)

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 28, 2010
    Mantas, Barrakudas, Schildkröten, Herden von Büffelkopf-Papageifischen, Mandarinfisch-Mating und nicht zuletzt auch hautnahe Begegnungen mit verschiedenen Hai-Arten in kristallklarem Wasser machen die mikronesische Insel Yap zu einem Traumziel für Fotografen und Filmer. Vom 4. bis zum 14. September veranstalten Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers zum vierten Mal in Folge das Shoot-Out „Manta Fest“. Zu...
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    Vertigo, one of Yap’s best Dive Sites?

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 28, 2010
    Every diver will have their favorite dive site or most memorable dive.  But being as fortunate as I am to be working at the Manta Ray Bay Resort here in Yap, I feel I am spoiled for choice.  But still, as spoiled as I am, I still have my favorite dive site.  And for me...
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    A Magical Day in Micronesia

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 26, 2010
    My name is Valerie Acker Sullivan and I am a dive guide in training at my family's dedicated dive resort - the Manta Ray Bay. Today marked my 10th diving expedition as a member of the Yap Divers' Crew and we were scheduled for an all day 3 tank dive.  Our boat driver was John...
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    Bill Acker’s Scuba Safari heads to Yap’s Yap Caverns!

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 13, 2010
    Last Thursday saw Popou full with another group of intrepid divers heading out with Bill to explore some wonderful dive sites in Yap.  This trip out we headed to the south of the island to two of my favorite dive sites, namely Yap Caverns and Cabbage Patch. The visibility was excellent at the Yap Caverns...
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    Peter Schneider – Manta Visions’ New Photo Pro

    Posted by gm@mantaray.com on April 13, 2010
    Peter Schneider, originally from Berlin, Germany is our new Manta Visions Video  & Photo Pro.  Peter is  a true professional in his field having worked for 12 years in German television, before  moving  to French Polynesia to create his own company - Underwatercam.  In the 9 years he lived and worked  on the atoll of...
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