http://www.mantaray.com/blog New and stories from the Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:49:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Days 3 & 4 in Yap and its producing more shark action. Check out Ai out in the blue with toothy friends. Here's the afternoon dive in Yap at Manta Fest. More good free diving sharks: http://timrock.photoshelter.com/gallery/Yap-Vertigo-Reef-Free-Diving-Sharks/G0000wnWJtwg6U4E/ http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=600 Story and Photos by Tim RockThe Manta Fest days are officially underway with Andy and Ray and myself slated to be giving seminars starting this week. The first day of diving was highlighted by a great gathering of reef sharks at Vertigo. Bill Acker brought down a small bait basket that ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=581 Story and Photos by TIM ROCKWhat would Manta Fest be without mantas? Well, they showed up today to the glee of early visitors. And not without a bit of fanfare. We returned to Miil under sunny skies and a bit of a breeze. Low tide was just at slack and the ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=566 Story and Photo by TIM ROCK Manta Fest in Yap is slated to begin this weekend. A few of are here early including my free diver friend Ai Futaki. Here is Ai at 50 feet off Vertigo Wall with a gray reef shark (or six). We had sunny skies and clear, ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=554 There was some rain last week, ...but there is nothing wrong about that, unless your plan is to play tennis or golf. Fortunately we are diving here in Yap Island and the umbrella of the ocean's surface  protects us from the cool showers. While waiting for the Manta Rays to arrive ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=524 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 ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=498 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 ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=493 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 ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=487 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 ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=471 We had a great week (ten days actually with all the travel time) diving in Yap.  Warm water, great weather (the only rain we saw - except for the final day there when we weren’t diving - was always between midnight and 6AM), wonderful animal encounters, fantastic friends at Manta ... http://www.mantaray.com/blog/?p=451