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What's New in Yap?
May 6, 2008
Beyond The Reef has just started promoting PADI's new eLearning program.
For those stretched too thin for time to take the Open Water course, you can now complete the classroom sessions through the PADI internet program. Complete the knowledge development parts of the course at your leisure from the comforts of your own home. Then simply come to Yap to complete your confined and open water dives to finish your certification.
Learn at your own pace and when it's convenient for you. You'll have access to the PADI Open Water Manual 24hrs a day online. Beyond The Reef's dive instructors can help answer any questions you may have with a simple email. For more information on PADI's eLearning program for the PADI Open Water course, click here. To get started with your very own course, click this button:
March 1 and 2, 2008
Yap Day!
 
The Yap Day holiday begins tomorrow,
celebrating Yapese customs and way of life. Both days of
the festival are filled with speeches, cultural activities,
food and the highlight, traditional dances. All of the hotels
have filled up for this annual event, and reservations for
next year's Yap Day holiday are already being taken by the
hotels.
Photos above were taken by Tim Rock
for the Yap Visitors' Bureau.
December 1, 2007
Wi-Fi Now
Available in Yap!
FSM Telecommunications
Corp. has just installed a wireless network for
accessing the internet, so if you're heading this
way and need to stay connected to family, friends
or (I sure hope not while on vacation) work, it's
now even easier than ever. This new service can
be accessed at most of the hotels in the Colonia
area and is currently free while Telecom works out
the kinks.
We pick up
a pretty strong signal at Beyond The Reef, so you
can come back to the dive shop and send your dive
photos to your dive buddies while still dripping
wet (hopefully not all over our floor, though).
At present, it's not very fast.....in fact, our
old dial-up standby is faster.....but at least they're
heading in the right direction and offering services
to keep pace with the rest of the world. Our sincere
thanks go out to the hard-working folks at the FSM
Telecom for making this possible.
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November
1, 2007
Yap's flights
return to normal schedule!
Due to the completion
of the repairs to the jet fuel supply facility at
the Yap International Airport, and thus the resumption
of available jet fuel, Continental Airlines has
resumed its normal operating schedule for the island
of Yap. Effective November 1st, 2007, passengers
in Guam bound for Yap will be able to fly directly
to our island, without having to travel to Palau
first. This makes visiting Yap much more convenient
and a lot less travel time. Many thanks go out to
the leaders of the Yap State Government and to Continental
Airlines for succeeding in the completion of this
daunting but necessary task.
For updated flight
information, you can check the schedule here
or visit www.continental.com.
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