"Island of stone money".
Yap is the most traditional of the Micronesian states. Even on Yap proper it is still not uncommon to see men dressed in loincloth and women in grasskirt or lavalava only.
Allthoug USD is used in daily life, stone money is still used as currency for some larger transactions.
PS! You will not find any pics of "toppless" women here as most people in Yap (especially those in trad. dress) don't like being pointed at by tourists cameras. (which I understand and respect - of course!)
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Sorry, I have no new pictures from Yap. Whish I could go back and take some new, but I have no such plans in the near future.
Of course You could send some, but they wount appear here, as this is a collection of my own pictures only.
You could create your own Yap-album here on Pbase. I would be happy to visit it!:-)
Warm regards
Jan Erik
Lydia
01-Nov-2007 14:03
Wow...are there anymore new pictures? I would like to send some new pictures of Yap..may I send some?