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just 15.5 miles ( 24.7 kilometres ) long and 6.4 miles ( 10.3 kilometres ) wide . Surrounded by a sheer endless blue ocean , Yap does not attract sunbathers in search of luxury hotels and endless sandy beaches . Visitors come only to explore the underwater world .
Yap was a chance discovery when it comes to scuba diving . Bill Acker from Texas came here in the early 80s as a member of the US Peace Corps . Looking for some after work entertainment he and his friends jumped into the sea with a few old scuba tanks – and found out that the waters around the island are populated by mantas , and quite a lot of mantas at that . To keep a long story short : Bill finally decided to stay , not least because he found the love of his life among the enchanting women of the island . Soon after , he founded the first dive
In Colonia the Manta Ray Bay Resort with its dive centre Yap Divers has its home in a sheltered bay inside the lagoon . In front of the safely anchored restaurant ship , the junk „ Mnuw “, you even find mandarinfish
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