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Asia » Maldives » Addu Atoll February 10th 2021

This trip was on my wish-list for a while...but I actually booked the tickets less than 5 days before departure, which must be a first over the last 10 years. You see....even in Covid area...we learn to be flexible...and that at the end of the day, life is far away from being "that bad"!! Ideal way to reach FVM, the Fuvahmulah airport is the direct flight from Colombo to Gan, than you jump on a 45 minutes speed boat...and just dream that the open sea is nice to you! Well, this was prior to the Covid area. Colombo is out of reach for now, and there is no certainty of the next direct flight from Colombo to Gan. But than again, not everything is that bad. I'm loaded with miles on Cathay Pacific....but they don't fly ... read more
Sunset plane arrival....one plane a day on average...
Fuvahmulah, 6km over 1km...with a "highway"....a moped rental was a good idea!
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Asia » Maldives » Addu Atoll February 26th 2010

Our 3rd Anniversary Trip to Maldives!!! Best trip of our lives!!! We had a wonderful week on the Chaaya Reef last December, we celebrated our Wedding Anniversary on 8 December onthe island and had a wonderful time. The resort staffs and especially Dave the resort manager made the stay so very special. Especially the diving and spa treatments, they were icing on the cake. My wife especially love the detox treatment they had with exotic essential oils, she loved it so much, she bought some of the oils as well, it turned out to be a professional Canadian brand special for spa and massage institutions, CanaCare Aromatherapy was the name of the brand, the funny thing was, we came half way around the world and we bought something that was originally from where we came from. ... read more

Asia » Maldives » Addu Atoll December 23rd 2009

Maldives was amazing. The guest villas and those for staff, all had open air bathrooms. That is, there was a high wall around it, but no ceiling or a roof. Imagine taking a bath under the stars. How much more romantic can it get? But nature is a nature, and it rains even in a paradise on earth, even if only for one full month in an year. When the rain started I did not find it irritating or unpleasant, you were getting wet instantly as soon as you stepped outside, it was so heavy, but who cared, it was warm anyway. But then the time came when I had to go to bathroom. No roof – remember? I had to use an umbrella each time I went to the bathroom. It was not funny, stop ... read more

Asia » Maldives » Addu Atoll December 19th 2009

I am a big city girl, I have seen animals in a Zoo, or in some homes in the shape of a cockroach, or an occasional lizard at the side of the road somewhere in the country side. I thought that’s how God created the world – people live in houses and apartments and animals, birds, fishes and insects live elsewhere. Well I was wrong. My first evening and first night on a Maldivian Island was an adventure as it is. Small island, very clear sky, stars that are so close you think you could reach out and touch them, peace and quiet and endless sea. My room, or to be precise my villa was huge and comfortable and very exotic too, it did not have a ceiling, it was covered with palm leaf roof. I ... read more




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