AggieDiver
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I wonder how long I have left to come and see the Mantas. I somehow doubt they will keep coming around once the Lagoon turns green from the runoff from the golf courses.
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I wonder the same thing. Not sure if it's worth putting on my stop to Palau next Nov or not.. has all the construction begun?
GOOD NEWS as of first week of Oct 2012. Yap's Governor and also it's highest council of traditional leaders has asked the Chinese group ETG to stop its plan for construction. No one, to date, will sell their land so nothing has started. Yap is still intact with great manta and shark diving. We await final word that the Chinese developer will go and leave Yap alone. Pray!!! Right now there are strong indications this project will not get off the ground. Hardly anyone in Yap wants it.
That's good news, but I wonder if Yap falls through how long it will take them to discover Truk, Pohnpei, etc.
The four primary islands that make up Yap together cover 38.7 sq mi, or 24,768 acres. At approx. 150 acres/golf course, you could have 165 golf courses there. The Chinese are thinking small.