Maagiri Lodge Male

... for us a boat ride from the airport to the resort. But first, a cool welcom drink from travel agency (Atoll Paradise) from whom we booked our holiday. Then came the 30 minute bumpy boat ride. We were given warning before-hand that the ride will get bumpy so hold on!! As we steered away from the North Male Atoll, we saw behind us lots of medium-tall buildings all crammed on this one little island. In front of us, just turquois water. I saw the a few ...

... höjdpunkt på ön - Krabbracet. Man fick köpa sig en eremitkräfta och sedan tävlades det. Min krabba var taggad och vann första loppet, men han somnade dessvärre i finalen. Så kan det gå. Om ni åker till Kandooma och ser en krabba knalla omkring med nummer 8 på skalet så är det min. Och vill ni hitta Nemo så bor han alldeles vid bryggan. Ovan vattenytan fanns det åxå djur. Söta ödlor sprang omkring överallt. "Look, look, i blend!" Gigantiska fladdermöss flög omkring och ett ...

I've had a relaxing few days on Eryiadhoo island. The resort or the island isn't as nice as the first island I stayed at, Komandoo, but the diving and the dive operation made up for it. The island is very small, and there's been a lot of erosion washing the sand away. The rooms are older and quite loud but the standard is ok really. The food is ok, I can't even begin to compare the spa to Komandoo as they are not in the same league. But the ...

... managed to get a couple of snaps of it - beautiful creatures! On other dives we saw millions of colourful fish, a giant stingray asleep in a cave, potent lionfish &amp ...

... to the big ocean tomorrow. For them, it is the daily life living on a boat, crossing oceans, sailing, etc.. and to me it is ALL new. But, just like India, I was nervous prior but it turned out to truly be a life changing experience (I will catch up my prior India journals with that soon as so many highlights to share). Don't they say "If you aren't expanding, you are shrinking?" Oh, and on a reality check note (which I did not have until literally 4 days ago in Varkala having a ...

... lots of fun. We all got dressed up, met Shiv, and the 7 of us walked up to a very old hunting lodge (150 years old) to our special Christmas dinner Mike had planned. The path was lit with lanterns and the place was all ours. We had singers, and 3 dancers....one was Queen Harish....a girl/boy. The dancing was fantastic and Queen was hilarious...she got all of us up dancing and it was a lot of fun. I also discovered that they could make ...

... es tan impresionante en el sur (estaba en Chennai, ex-Madras, capital del estado de Tamil Nadu, y como su nombre lo indica, tierra de origen de los Tamils, que también habitan ahora el norte de Sri Lanka, y están en guerra contra los Cingaleses del sur de la isla, pero bueno, eso es otro cuento...). La cosas es que es la fiesta en la que la gente se gasta un platal en cohetes, fuegos artificiales y toda clase de cosas nuevas. Las casas con lavadas ...

... around pretending to take notes and the threat of police to make our belongings magically appear, together with exaggerated apologies. After a short flight from the shambles that is Trivandrum Airport, our 'plane landed on a strip of tarmac that protrudes from the turquoise Indian Ocean. We then boarded a boat which is the only way, bar flying, out of Male Airport. A few days in the Maldives is what the Doctor ordered.

... first. There is an ancient Budhist temple there. The Maldives was at one point Budhist. I haven't figured out yet all the dates of different occupations and religions. There are also ancient Hindu temples and various Sultans have reigned at different times. Islam was brought to Maldives in 1153. There is much more to learn on this front. The Maldives was "invaded" by the Portuguese at one point. Mohamed Thakurufannu is one of the ...

What a sad sad day. We have to get up early, I don't feel like having breakfast and chew on a dry piece of toast forever. We don't't want to leave... The depressing procession of guests who have to leave, walking across the island to the jetty (ususally guided by Freddy, Patrick and Gov), resembles me of prisoners on their way to the electrical chair. Now it seems to be our turn. A short ...