Kandooma South Male Atoll

... sunsets, drinking wine and cocktails and enjoying our super clean and spacious outdoors bathroom. The only thing that was spoiling it a bit for us was the fact that Nuno caught the flu from me, so we had to postpone diving for the second half of the week. We still managed to do three dives, out of which one was ok, no. 2 was a bit scary with some very strong and unpredictable currents (but we all made it unharmed), and the third one was quite nice, we saw many colourful ...

... too. When it wasn't raining and I wasn't snorkeling, I feel asleep on the beach soaking up cancer rays. The resorts are the only place you can drink in Maldives so I headed to the bar to get some drinks. I am low on money, so I limited myself to 4 beers. Had I known that it was all on the house earlier (they told me I would pay for everything at the end of the day), I would have had more. The same goes for the $30 small steak sandwich I had. Good thing ...

... and a cocktail 8pm - dinner 9pm - back to bar with friends 10.30pm - bed (it's tiring doing nothing all day) Snorkelling was brilliant and as we had a water bungalow we could walk down the steps from our room straight into the water. Room was lovely, all wooden with plenty of space to move around - huge walk-in shower and two sinks.

... work with the wind and adjust the degrees to ensure a 90 to 120 degree angle to maximize the VMG, okay, I can do that. Radar, try to decipher what lines are boats, squalls, or waves over a 145 square mile area. okay, I can try and do that although it is surprisingly stressful. Keep an eye on the sails and let the genoa sail out if you need to. okay, wait, shoot, it is now 15 knots gusting to 18 but we are going at 7.0 VMG (velocity made good towards our destination of ...

... then waited for them to come out. After an hour, nervous Nellie started to worry. Turned out they had gotten out of the water at another beach. They really enjoyed it and there was some discussion about them taking the 5 day full course, but I think it will be too much as we only have 5 days left. Ellie has met lots of friends, the funniest is when she plays with someone who speaks Italian or ...

... we didn't predict Ellie locking the babysitter out of the room when she got mad at her!!!! The drive was so beautiful. Everything they say about Rajistan....country side dotted with vivid colours of saris worn by the women. We saw a Persian well....some of the last in the world. This is where oxen walk around turning a well which in turn pulls up buckets of water from the lake. We also saw a tree full of huge sleeping bats....Dad you ...

By the way, I forgot to mention that the rumours of us yachting with Tom and Katie in the Maldives are slightly exaggerated. Two's company and six is a crowd after all - especially on a honeymoon. Lunch was good though......... No photos - sorry.

... able to get into the building. A lot of laughter ensued on the street when this happened. I think the kids took a clue from that and they were a little disheartened. Jesse spends a lot of time on the balcony looking out at the action on the street. I hope everyone is doing well back in Canada as the leaves begin to turn and the nights get cool and frosty. I can almost feel it and smell fall in the air (as long as I don't go outside here with the extreme heat and ...

... Jasmin as you walk round) Up to 2003 Kandholhu was uninhabited . visitors used to come to the Island on daytrips to emjoy it's pristine beauty. The buildings that are now on the Island are unobtrusive and built sympathetically of their surroundings. There is a maximum of 20 guests allowed to stay at anyone time and the island has it's own private Yacht which is free to guests to take out for the day (see photo's, i'm not ...

... but it will be a long engagement. We went back to the bar played a **** load of games of pool, drank too much alcohol and laughed till our ribs hurt. Vicky and Matt left today so we spent our last day chillin on the beach, and thought we had better take some pics of the island. It all went way too fast but the memories will last forever and this is one place in the world I would definitely return to given the chance and the bank balance. Next stop Thailand. To be continued. . . . .