Diver Dennis
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Yeah, we did a Guam tour and it was very interesting. Nice place.
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I did this flight on March 15, without the Yap stopover. We made the connection without a problem. You will have to go through immigration, but not customs, that will occur in HNL. Be sure your luggage is booked all the way through to the final destination. Continental personnel even assisted passengers booked on the HNL flight that stops in Majuro to make their 30 minute layover.
Don't worry the odds of this happening again are extremely remote, but: The plane you will board in ROR probably originates in Manila. On April 3 the President of Palau (Tommy Remengesau Jr. ) refused to go through the supplementary security screening that is required in the Phillipines for US Flagged carriers. He delayed the flight for 2 hours, When the plane tried to leave without him it was recalled back to the terminal due to a "Bomb Threat" and took another 4 hours to clear. The President still refused to submit to the supplementary screening and the plane finally left for Palau 6 hours late. All this time passengers were waiting for the 2:30 am flight from Koror to Guam. Isn't Tommy R. a walking billboard for Palauan Tourism. He votes or Japanese Whaling and leaves tourists stranded in Koror for 6 hours because he does not want to be searched like everyone else on the plane.
Link to the story: CDNN :: Palau President 'Grounded' after Refusing to Comply with Aviation Law
Enjoy the diving in Palau. Saying Diving in Palau is great is redundant. If you have the chance I also enjoy Guam and stayed there for a week last month to dive and visit friends who live on the Island.