Maldives
24 Sept - 4 Oct 2005
Well 'The Maldives' certianly lives up to all the picture perfect postcards you have seen. Its simply divine and I would go back in an instant. We had 10 days on Sun Island at the end of September, beginning of October 2005. The island was considered to be quite a large island compared with some of the others. We hired pcuhbikes for our time there and could ride around the whole Island in a very leisurely 15 minutes!!! So its not that big at all. We had an air conditioned unit with our own beachfront and a bathroom that also had an outdoor shower in its own garden - Nic really liked that one :)
First up we flew into Male at night time, and no boats or planes go out to any of the Islands late at night so we were ferried over to some accomodation on Male. We awoke early the next morning to get the ferry back so that we could catch the seaplane to our Island. The seaplane was not a cheap option, but we had heard that the boat ride was 3 hours, as they stop off at several Islands on the way - and considering the last time Nic and I were on a boat together - Nic with well used vomit bag and very pale, we went for the plane option.
The ride took about 40 minutes and then we were ferried to our Island. It was gorgeous - the water is so clear we could see little fishies form the jetty as we walked by and even have a photo of this that is a pretty clear picture.
One funny part of our trip - we brought with us our own bottled water - as we had heard that 1 litre was $3USD and well we drink at least 2 litres each a day. Anyway it was no hassle to bring and the nasty rumour turned out to be true - so that was a little saving of $120USD jsut for one of lifes essentials....
Anyway hope you enjoy the photos - I do plan on getting some of them enlarged and framed when I have some wall space somewhere one day that I am allowed to put a hole in. The photos really sum up the Island - there is only as much to do there as you want to. Otherwise its water as far as your eyes can see, lots of sand, lots of sunbaking, swimming in the pool, and of course eating, eating and eating.
Oh and of course I did manage to find the beautiful Day Spa on the Island and got to enjoy a pretty good massage outdoors, under a Gazebo in my own private garden - oh la la :)
Well 'The Maldives' certianly lives up to all the picture perfect postcards you have seen. Its simply divine and I would go back in an instant. We had 10 days on Sun Island at the end of September, beginning of October 2005. The island was considered to be quite a large island compared with some of the others. We hired pcuhbikes for our time there and could ride around the whole Island in a very leisurely 15 minutes!!! So its not that big at all. We had an air conditioned unit with our own beachfront and a bathroom that also had an outdoor shower in its own garden - Nic really liked that one :)
First up we flew into Male at night time, and no boats or planes go out to any of the Islands late at night so we were ferried over to some accomodation on Male. We awoke early the next morning to get the ferry back so that we could catch the seaplane to our Island. The seaplane was not a cheap option, but we had heard that the boat ride was 3 hours, as they stop off at several Islands on the way - and considering the last time Nic and I were on a boat together - Nic with well used vomit bag and very pale, we went for the plane option.
The ride took about 40 minutes and then we were ferried to our Island. It was gorgeous - the water is so clear we could see little fishies form the jetty as we walked by and even have a photo of this that is a pretty clear picture.
One funny part of our trip - we brought with us our own bottled water - as we had heard that 1 litre was $3USD and well we drink at least 2 litres each a day. Anyway it was no hassle to bring and the nasty rumour turned out to be true - so that was a little saving of $120USD jsut for one of lifes essentials....
Anyway hope you enjoy the photos - I do plan on getting some of them enlarged and framed when I have some wall space somewhere one day that I am allowed to put a hole in. The photos really sum up the Island - there is only as much to do there as you want to. Otherwise its water as far as your eyes can see, lots of sand, lots of sunbaking, swimming in the pool, and of course eating, eating and eating.
Oh and of course I did manage to find the beautiful Day Spa on the Island and got to enjoy a pretty good massage outdoors, under a Gazebo in my own private garden - oh la la :)
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