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Setting upDon Evans and Vicent TafileluwVision Adventure SafarisEgypt boothGayle AndersonVinny the veiled chameleonBeverly CritcherMathy Wasserman

Don Evans, left, and Vicent Tafileluw, representing the Pacific island nation of Yap, straighten up their booth. Why travel to Yap? For the diving, both said.

Don Evans and Vicent Tafileluw

( Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times / February 22, 2013 )

Don Evans, left, and Vicent Tafileluw, representing the Pacific island nation of Yap, straighten up their booth. Why travel to Yap? For the diving, both said.

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