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Traders Ridge Resort Full report   Yap   This was a great trip once the numbness from the long flight wore off. Traders Ridge met us at the Yap airport and took care of u... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2006   Tim
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau,Peleliu   The captain and entire dive crew were very safety conscious. We stayed in port the first day due to severe storm rather than put to... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
3/2006   James A. Danse
100+ Dives 		 
Yap Divers/ Manta Ray Bay Hotel Full report   Yap   Like everyone else at Manta Ray Bay, save one jolly group of Aussies who were staying the week, we were in transit to Palau. We qu... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
2/2006   Chrisanda Button/Rickie Sterne
250+ Dives 		 
Peleliu Divers/ Storyboard Full report   Palau   Peleliu divers is a great option if 1) you don’t want to do a live- aboard, you want to get your feet on solid ground at the ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2006   Daniel Imbody
<100 Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report       There are a lot of fish and critters in Palau, and Sam's Tours made sure we saw many of them. DM's Daniel and Jim treated us as ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2006   Chrisanda Button/Rickie Sterne
250+ Dives 		 
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The Village Hotel Full report   Pohnpei   We arranged the trip through Lisa Wallner of Trip- N- Tour (Continental Cool Vacations) and she does a great job. It takes a while ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
11/2005   Henry Ziller
100+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Our week on Palau Aggressor II had only 5 divers! Less ethical operators might cancel a charter with so few guests as being insuf... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2005   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Sam's, Neco/ Cliffside Inn Full report       UNDERCURRENT COMMENTS (Note: This is the first part of four entries covering a five week trip to Micronesia in July of 2006) P... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
8/2005   NEAL LANGERMAN
1000+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Chuuk(Truk)   The #1 dive boat in the world. As stated many times in the past when you have a husband and wife teqm owning and running a boat an... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2005   charles feinberg
500+ Dives 		 
Fish n Fins (FNF) Full report       This was a cattle boat operation from the get go. On our first dive we had a full boat of advanced experienced divers, three of w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Mark Berger
500+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   palau   The Palau Pacific Resort was outstanding. The best service that we've ever experienced. Great rooms and terrific restaurant. There... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2005   bill dobrin
250+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor Full report   palau   The boat normally houses 18 guests, but there were only 7 during the week that we were there. We had lots of room to spread out. T... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2005   bill dobrin
250+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours and Werner Lau/ Palau Pacific and Trader's Ridge Full report       We spent 8 days in Palau, 5 diving and 2 kayaking with Sam's Tours. Blue Corner and New Drop Off were some of the best dives my hu... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2005   Pamela Turner
250+ Dives 		 
Fish 'n Fins Full report   Palau   This is a good operation and the boats are nicer than the cattle boats used by other operations in Palau. This is important becaus... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
5/2005   John Kendall
100+ Dives 		 
Neco Marine/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   Stayed at Palau Pacific Resort for 7 days, probably nicest place on the island, where guest population during our stay was split b... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
4/2005   Dale Thompson
500+ Dives 		 
Bikini Atoll Divers Full report   Bikini Island   This is all about wreck diving. You are diving the nuclear fleet sunk by the US Gov in 1946 with the Able and Baker nuclear tests... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2005   Brad Wright
250+ Dives 		 
Sams/ West Plaza Malakai Full report   Palau   This was my fifth trip to Palau, my fourth with Sams and my third Diving with Keith Santillano. In the three years diving with Kei... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Scott Johnson
100+ Dives 		 
Blue Lagoon Dive Resort Full report   Truk (Chuuk)   I enjoyed the diving here so much that I returned 5 years later. The Blue Lagoon Resort is simply beautiful with all of its Palm T... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ West Plaza, Desekel Full report   Palau   My second time here. Nice to be back after 5 years. I noticed Sam's had expanded operations from about 4 boats to 8 boats now. Sea... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives 		 
Yap - Manta Ray Bay Hotel/ Same Full report   Yap and Palau   Like many went there for the mantas and was not disappointed. During three days of diving (about the right length of time for Yap... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   Dale Thompson
500+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Resort Full report   Kosrae   First trip to Kosrae, if nothing else this island has the best and most healthy hard corals then I have seen in years and plenty o... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2005   James McMeins
1000+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ [same] ESA Hotel Full report   [N/A]Yap   EXCELLANT SMALL very personal operation, good local Divemasters with lots of local info, each boat had captain and DM, one t... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Sam's/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   Sam's is big and well organized very well run. ALSO they give very good personal service . We were on a 452' boat with 13 divers ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
The Village Full report   Pohnpei   Pohnpei was great - a beautiful island & the Village is a super place to stay . each room is like a treehouse looking over the jun... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   embry rucker
250+ Dives 		 
Fish N Fins/ West Plaza Desekel Hotel Full report   Palau   Palau was a wonderful place and the locals were always very polite. I put together my two week trip by calling Fish N Fins [. . . ] ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
2/2005   Lucius Foster
100+ Dives 		 
Peleliu Divers Full report   Peleliu   Peleliu a very good alternataive to diving from the main island (Koror) of Palau because of boat rides of 5- 20 min instead of 60- 9... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
2/2005   Jim Haynes
100+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers Full report   Yap   The typhoon in April or so of 2004 had an impact on the trip; home- grown fruits are non existent, everything has to be shipped in;... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
9/2004   John Kendall
100+ Dives 		 
Bako Divers/ Hotel Robert Reimers Full report   Marshall Islands - Majuro   We stopped in Majuro for a few days on the way to Bikini Island to see what the diving was like and to get rid of some jet lag. Fr... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
8/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
Thorfinn Full report   Chuuk   "Diving at Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon"
Truk (or Chuuk) Lagoon is a tiny landmass in the Pacific Ocean, just north of the equator and is part of the Federated States of M... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
8/2004   Andrew Falconer
500+ Dives 		 
Ocean Hunter II Full report   Palau   The only thing I wish I had known before leaving home was that they were not booked for the following week!!! This boat was our ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2004   William Zaggle
100+ Dives 		 
Beyond The Reef/ N/A Full report   Yap   ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2004   Beth & Matt Dodd
250+ Dives 		 
Beyond The Reef/ N/A Full report   Yap   Despite a recent typhoon, we found Yap to be as wonderful as it was when we visited 4 years ago. As an island, they have really p... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2004   Beth & Matt Dodd
250+ Dives 		 
Yap Divers/ Traders Ridge Full report       We were afraid that with the typhoon in April that the diving would not be up to the standards we were anticipating. The diving w... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2004   Joan Traylor
<100 Dives 		 
Sams Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report       This was our second trip to Palau in 12 months and again for a diver, this is a wonderful place. The staff at Sams in one in a mi... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2004   Joan Traylor
<100 Dives 		 
Fish 'N Fins/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   Second trip to Palau, arranged on short notice when previous destination messed up by a typhoon- - kudos to Trip 'n Tour for their h... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   John Sommerer
250+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk (Chuuk)   This was our 2d Odyssey trip in nine months. The first trip was too short, so this one was two weeks. Odyssey is home to Captain... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
Palau Aggressor II Full report   Palau   Palau remains my favorite dive location worldwide. Aggressor provides a dependable, if somewhat structured, week of excellent liv... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   Steven Goldstein
100+ Dives 		 
Manta Ray Bay and Palau Pacific Resort Full report       Saw many mantas on our three dive days with Yap Divers. Water was very murky in the channel so photography not great. Life in the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2004   anne warburton
100+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Edolodge Full report       Most people fly from Truk Lagoon to Hawaii via Guam; we experienced the island- hopping route—Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kwajalein, and Majur... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
2/2004   Jeanne & Bill Downey
1000+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Full report   Palau   Hotel was excellent, probably the best hotel catering to divers I have ever stayed in but it had quirks. While dining room (which... Full report  
3 stars
5 stars  
2/2004   Harry E. White
1000+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ West Plaza Hotel Coral Reef Full report   Palau   One huge difference is always the dive guide and other crew. I reserved a week with Jonas Bernburg, but he was busy with another ... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
1/2004   Carl Scott
100+ Dives 		 
FishNFins Full report   Koror   Third trip to Palau and third trip with FishNFins. Having been there with the original owners and new with Tova and Navot (who ha... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		 
Sleeping Lady Divers/ Kosrae Village Resort Full report   Kosrae   This was our second trip to Kosrae and Kosrae Village Resort. Bruce and Katrina and the rest of the staff are so friendly that it... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
12/2003   Michael N. Hofman
250+ Dives 		 
Sam's Tours/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   At Sam's they went out of their way to please us. Minor complaints were immediately and satisfactorily addressed. A couple of Sa... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   David Shem-Tov
100+ Dives 		 
FishNFins/ West Plaza Desekel Hotel Full report   Palau   Our fourth trip to Palau and our fourth trip with FishNFins. Even though the boat rides take about an hour to the dive sites, the... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
11/2003   Michael N. Hofman
500+ Dives 		 
Dive Palau/ Palau Pacific Resort Full report   Palau   What a wonderful trip. Started out suspect as light rain and winds greeted us on arrival day, but blew out for a week of sun and c... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2003   Marc & Maureen Duggan
<100 Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Oceanview Hotel Full report   Yap   Spent a week in Yap, diving with Beyond the Reef. Small, boutique- type operation. Just about every dive was just our two divers ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Phil Hamilton
100+ Dives 		 
Beyond the Reef/ Traders' Ridge Resort Full report   Yap   The accommodation and food at Traders' Ridge is first class and the staff there do everything to ensure the visitor has no problem... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Julian Lamborn
500+ Dives 		 
Odyssey Full report   Truk   Odyssey has two things which make it very different from other top- end liveaboards. First, it was planned, designed and is run da... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
9/2003   Martha & Jeff Hubbard
1000+ Dives 		 
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