Mookai Hotel Male

... the airport we walked to the pier nearby, and went straight to our resort by the speed boat. It was already dark when we arrived at Club Med Kani but they lighted up the walkway from the pier all the way to the lobby .<br> The sea breeze swiftly brushed across my face with the surrounding sound of waves creeping onto the sand. Oh! An atoll in the ocean, we will stay here for 3 days.<br><br>

... se jeste valime na plazi, pozorujeme zapady slunce, pijeme koktejly a uzivame si luxusu v podobe super ciste a prostorne venkovni koupelny. Komari tu vpodstate nejsou, takze konecne spime bez moskytiery a uz nepouzivame repelent misto teloveho mleka. Ze zviratek tu jsou hlavne krabi a krabici, co kradou cizi domecky a delaji si z nich vlastni, ptaci, jesterky, gekoni, mravenci a ruzne kobylky, no a ze savcu pouze lidi a velikansky netopyri, kteri jsou ale nastesti ...

... basket and a bottle of bubbly! We ended up telling the wee room guy that it was actually just our anniversary so the next night we got our bed decorated with happy anniversary! No extra bubbly though! It's all the wee touches that make it that much nicer. The resort was just amazing, could not fault it at all. It is the most romantic place we have ever been. There is something to do all day if you want, or you can be ...

... suited me perfectly! I had heard that their spa was fantastic and couldn't wait to try it. I felt exhausted as I got on the island. The manager gave us a short welcome speech, we were given homemade coconut ice cream and a sandwich, before we were shown to our respective bungalows. My bungalow was extremely spacious. I couldn't believe I had all that space to myself. It's nicely decorated, you have all the amenities you'll need ...

... it offers. On my first visit to the island I decided to be particularly brave and have a go at a 'try-drive'. This offers enough tuition to give you the chance to see what diving is like and is fully supervised. Despite not being much of a water-baby, I loved it as soon as I got out in the ocean and saw this completely different and amazing world under the water. I'd never so much as snorkeled before and I was ...

... boat! She has handled her watches well, a great enthusiast, a pleasure to sail with. I hope it gives an idea of what a first 2 week ocean crossing feels like. Most yachts in front of us had very little wind. 'I have only 4 knots of wind' moaned one. 'I envy you 4 knots, we haven't any wind at all' responded the next yacht. The 'transition period' between the NE and SW Monsoons seems to have come early this year, and high pressure at the mouth of the Gulf is cancelling out any ...

... t fathom it. The little ferry over to the main island crosses the gorgeous water of aquamarine glowing hues. I love it! The city of Male, about 150,000 I think is bigger than I thought in the distance. I eventually make it to my hotel, paying about 30 rufia (12.75 rufia to $1 US) for a taxi. The hotel is a basically fine one but they try to give me a dark, windowless room, then one without a bathroom, before my pushy self demands a decent one for that rate and I get a clean one ...

... try it. The other good thing about the resort was that we heard there were white sharks (much larger than the black tips we've seen so far) that came near the Maldivian restaurant in the middle of the night. The first night we tried up until about 11:30 to see them but gave up and fell asleep. The next night Jesse was DETERMINED and he stayed up watching a volleyball tournament until 11:30. We went to check things out and the staff said 12:30. So we hung out and ...

... the speed boat slapping down over the waves - sort of like bronco riding! The kids were in bad shape by then and I was starting to feel the pain. The real problem set in when we "landed". Once the boat stopped, our stomachs kept moving which made for some pretty rough internal problems. We sat in the shade in the centre of the circle where the survey was being done (with men from the village) but the 3 of us were pretty rough and gradually moved away from the centre of things to some ...

... the sky all the way to Malé. I hadn't really given the Maldives much serious thought before, and I honestly had no idea what to expect. I had just pictured an expensive resort paradise that I could probably never afford to come to (that whole wanting a job that relates to art and photography thing...) But then Jill and Shane move here and I happen to be in Asia, and the price and timing is right... so here I am!! But I never pictured what Malé (the ...