Yap, the island of stone money (that's probably why there is no ATM), cultural dances, topless women, men's houses, land crabs, beetle nuts, and manta rays. It 's located 45 minutes flying to the east of Palau. We stayed a week on this island and it was quite an experience for many reasons, one of them was because Lennard decided to book a homestay for this location in stead of an hotel. Arriving at the airport, we saw our first topless women and were offered flowers. The owner of our homestay, DJ Bungalow, was supposed to pick us up from the airport, but he was no where to be found. Fortunately we met a friendly Dutch dive manager from dive center Traders' Ridge, Mike, who helped us get a ride to our bungalow. Yap is a
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