Hotel Fresco Male

... free beverages. The three free daily meals were served buffet-style and were generally good tasting and seemed made from fairly fresh ingredients. Other than eat, swim, snorkel, surf, read, and occasionally canoe, we didn't do much for the next 7 days. Our room's air conditioner konked out fairly often and eventually we were moved to a different room. We had some trouble getting fresh linens and soap, but since we were ...

... där vi såg massor av fiskar vi inte sett förut. Det var jätteströmt och när jag låg på rygg för att göra rent cyklopet så drev jag in i revet och skrapade upp ryggen. Det var inte så farligt men när jag såg blodet dök allehanda hajscener upp i huvudet. Båten låg en bit bort från revet och när vi skulle simma dit så höll jag mig mellan två av de andra. Chansen att en haj skulle käka just mig till lunch minskade därmed till en tredjedel. Mycket smart. :-P I strandkanten vid ön ...

... and racoons... The Diving: Having gotten our PADI certification pretty much exactly a year ago and not having gone since, we were both kind of nervous before our first dive. We were significantly calmed by the local dive shop staff though - and it helped Nandita that the dive instructur was a rather cute Frenchman (didn't know she had a weak spot for them...). After an initial orientation dive in the ...

... amp; really helped us both. We particuarly loved the wreck dive, it was awesome, we went to the Kudhima Wreck, a purposefully sunk ship from a few years ago - the marine ...

... loving and they want to connect. I just checked my email and he already wrote a hello Lanah email, let me know how your sailing goes and said he is excited to have had made a new friend from a new country. So cool. Initially, I was bummed to be stuck in Male, but honestly, it has been a great quick glimpse into the friendliness of the Maldivian people. And, I made some new friends. I reckon the vast majority of tourists never engage with the locals as they are away at resorts. And ...

In Male we spent only 3 hours, but it was enough to see the entire island. The fish market was great! For a week we staid at Sun Island. Maldives is nothing short from paradise. Snorkeling was so much fun (until we really burned!). The beaches, the water, and absence of people and ...

... yoga lesson. The kids were awesome to try this out. Ellie was very flexible and John and Liam attempted many of the poses. Our instructor was so good as we got him to show us some of the harder poses. John and Mike did headstands...or attempt (Mike could do it). We went back to the room and the kids opened a couple little things that we had gotten in the **** markets...some great reminders of our time here. Next on the agenda was massages ...

... It's no surprise that we're in a bad way as anything other than bottled mineral water is strictly off limits. All I could eat one day was a bag of raw carrots, the only item in a 'supermarket' I trusted to be sanitary. We've had quite a few games of 'What I would eat from a limitless choice' or 'What I would make mother cook me'. Such moisture in the mouth purely through thought! Being in a square room for days on end ...

... of the delicious flavour of the city. In contrast, the 80 some odd resorts with white sands, beautiful coral reefs with thousands of fish and other sea creatures with banana boat riding, windsurfing, diving, snorkelling, etc.; beautiful big pools (I think many people actually don't get into the sea), luxurious rooms - some built out into the ocean. This is the other side of the Maldives. Italians, Japanese, and European tourists are ...

Boat transfer to Helengeli, we are in a dazzling mood and I am really looking forward seeing a bunch of people again who I met on my business trip two months ago. Check in, moving in room 29 and a short hug from Gov, IT specialist and reservation manager from the island. We have spent chatting the night away during my last visit and seemed to have a good time together. Big hello from Freddy, the friendly swiss manager, Prem (bartender) and Krishna (accounts departement) from southern ...