Maldives III

Olaf was really keen to go big game fishing, instead, we went sunset fishing. Traditional Maldivinian fishing is almost as thrilling and less cumbersome- just a line, hook and hunk of bait.

I caught one fish, which was great until the the Russians next to us caught three. The chef prepared our catch for us the next day at lunch. We were totally happy with our little fish, until the Russians decided to rub in the extent of their fishing prowess, and sent some of their overabundance to our table. To be honest, our lovely little swimmer tasted much better than their big ass bottom-crawler.

Maldives II

Happy girl in the Maldives! I didn't blow dry or style my hair the whole week :)

We saw lots of sting rays from our balcony, but none while snorkeling. I saw a massive manta ray while snorkeling outside the reef.

Most mornings I was up to see the sunrise around 7am. It was about 85 degrees and humid, even at that time in the morning.

On Wednesday, we went with three German couples on a special trip to swim with whale-sharks. It took an hour by speedboat to get to the specific island where they live. Our guide would spot them while standing atop our boat, then jump immediately into the water while yelling at us to follow. The whale sharks are massive, growing up to 40 feet long.

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Our little water villa.

The beach on the resort's little island. You can walk around the whole thing in 20 minutes.

Pool on our balcony. There are also steps leading down to the water,
which was perfect for snorkeling in the reef around the villas.

FINALLY!!!!

After two years, we went on our honeymoon. We stayed at the Constance Halaveli, in the Maldives.