January/February, 2003 - Palau/Yap
This page has been moved from "Upcoming
Events" and will eventually be turned into a "Trip Review" page.
Trip Leader:
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Mike McCann
(859) 255-3937 |
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Reservations:
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Kit Hudson
(859) 873-4974 |
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Dates:
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Palau
Yap (Option) |
January 21st thru February 1st, 2003
February 1st thru February 6th, 2003 |
Accommodations:
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Palau - Palau Pacific Resort (See Link,
Below)
Boat - Big Blue Explorer - Liveaboard (See Link,
Below)
Yap - Traders' Ridge Hotel (See Link,
Below)
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Dive Operator:
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Big Blue Explorer - Liveaboard (See Link,
Below) |
Transportation:
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Continental Airlines (Lexington - Houston
- Honolulu - Guam - Palau) |
Itinerary:
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Date: |
From: |
To: |
Flight |
Leave: |
Arrive: |
| 21-Jan-03 |
Lexington, KY |
Houston, TX |
CO 2815 |
6:30 PM |
7:53 PM |
| 22-Jan-03 |
Houston, TX
Honolulu, HI |
Honolulu, HI
Agana, GU |
CO 1
CO 1 |
9:30 AM
3:10 PM |
2:00 PM
6:55 PM¹ |
| 23-Jan-03 |
Agana, GU |
Koror, PH |
CO 953 |
7:50 PM |
9:00 PM |
| 1-Feb-03 |
Koror, PH |
Yap, FM |
CO 953 |
9:45 PM |
11:45 PM |
| 5-Feb-03 |
Yap, FM |
Agana, GU |
CO 892 |
5:00 PM |
6:30 PM |
| 6-Feb-03 |
Agana, GU |
Honolulu, HI |
CO
2 |
7:10 AM |
6:25 PM² |
| 5-Feb-03 |
Honolulu, HI |
Houston, TX |
CO
2 |
7:40 PM |
7:05 AM³ |
| 6-Feb-03 |
Houston, TX |
Lexington, KY |
CO 3830 |
1:15 PM |
4:29 PM |
| Notes:
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¹ 23-Jan-03 Lost a day having crossed
International Date Line going west |
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² 5-Feb-03 Gained the day back having
crossed Date Line going east |
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³ 6-Feb-03 Date change having flown thru
midnight |
Costs:
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Main Trip - Palau
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| $3,300.00
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Round Trip Airfare LEX-Palau-LEX
2 nights at West Plaza By The Sea (Double
Occupancy)
8 days, 7 nights aboard Big Blue Explorer |
| $ 150.00
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Optional extra for full week of Nitrox |
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Optional Extension - Yap
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| $ 775.00 |
Airfare Palau to Yap
4 nights at Traders' Ridge Resort
3 days diving/2 tanks per day |
Trip Limit:
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18 passengers |
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Notes:
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Flag of
Palau
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Flag of
Federated States
of Micronesia |
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An optional 3-day stopover in Honolulu is allowed on the front end or
back end of the trip with no additional airfare charges. |
(Excerpt from Palau Visitor's Authority
web site - see link, below)
The Republic of Palau, Micronesia's westernmost island chain, offers some of the
most unique holiday opportunities to be found anywhere in the world. Its natural
beauty, untouched wilderness, intact culture, remoteness and stability combine
to offer something for adventure seekers, historical buffs, nature enthusiasts
as well as those who just want to get away from the rapid pace of their lives
and soak up peace and tranquility.
Located between Guam, the Philippines
and Papua New Guinea, Palau is a more than 400-mile-long archipelago that gives
home to one of the world's unique phenomena, the Rock Islands. This collection
of mushroom-shaped islets are largely uninhabited and are located in a large
lagoon that harbors one of the world's greatest concentrations of corals, fish
and other marine life.
Links to information on:
Big Blue Explorer - Dive Operator/Accommodations
in Palau
Click here ===> 
for a schematic view of the Big Blue Explorer
(Use your Browser's Back button to return)
Palau Visitor's Authority -
Official Guide to Palau
(Note: Don't click on "US Web Site" - it goes
to a strange site. Main site is already in English)
Palau
Pacific Resort - Land
accommodations in Palau
Traders'
Ridge Hotel - Dive Operator/Accommodations in Yap
Ohana
Oceanview Guam - Accommodations in Guam
Map of
Palau Islands
Index to
Additional Maps of Palau
Weather in
Koror, PW
Time
in Palau
World-Wide
Currency Converter
Undercurrents
- Review of Palau
Epinions.com
- Palau
World
Factbook - Palau
The Living Edens - PBS -
Palau: Paradise of the Pacific
The
Stone Money of Yap
Federated States of Micronesia -
Yap is one of the states
Trip Reports . . . .
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