While my wife Patricia and I were driving to town this morning on our way to pick up our youngest granddaughter who is scheduled to spend the weekend with us, I suddenly realized something special.  The day is glorious, sun is shining, breeze is blowing, everything is green from the summer rains and then it...

Okay, we all know that Greece put the Euro into trouble, but who would have thought that our stone money makes it to the Azores in the mid-Atlantic. If you take a closer look you see that this disc is only a poor copy of our handicraft originals... At least it is located in front...

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...

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...

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)...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...