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"Swinging" in Yap - Part III- Until Our Next Visit....

“Hi Baby Estelle….Hi Mama Estelle. Good morning…” Terencia says from one of the decks of the South Seas Schooner that sits right across from our room terrace. The schooner is a restaurant now and Terencia is one of the servers there…but she is also one of the reasons I love Yap so much…the spirit of the people. “Good morning Terencia,” Mom and I chime in unison as we are sitting on the terrace having our morning coffee as we overlook the harbor and revel in the beauty of sunny skies meeting crystal clear waters. Mornings are not usually my favorite time of day but if they could start with sipping coffee overlooking idyllic scenery …well, maybe I would become a morning person…but since the closest thing I have to a terrace in Brooklyn is a fire escape …. “What are you going to do today?” Terencia asks us. “We are going to tour the island with Richard and Helen … “, we tell her. Mom is determined that before we leave Yap we must also see one of the outer islands ca