Can’t believe it. This place is JUST like the brochure! Everybody’s seen those in the travel agency right? The water couldn’t possibly be that blue, the sky so clear, the sand so white. But it certainly is.

The Maldives are beautiful, calm, hot, sunny, not windy (mostly), relaxing and expensive. The beach is amazing, the pace is so slow it’s practically stopped, and we just love this place.

We are staying in a regular bungalow on the beach, but these are cool to look across at.

 

This particular island has a surf break right on the island as well as four boat trips each day to various other waves. Time to break out all the boards.

It’s a beautiful resort, and the rooftop bar has a great view. Whilst the storm wasn’t in the brochure, it only lasted a short time.

So they surfed at the Kandooma break….

And I saw dolphins passing by….

Or I watched the local fishermen…

The next island is really close as you can see in the photo below. At least they don’t have far to go to work.

We went on a snorkelling trip to see the turtles. I was a bit dubious about our luck, after missing out on the leopards, but our luck had changed and we saw lots of turtles and heaps of colourful fish.

And then they surfed some more….

When they do boat trips, they travelled on these lovely traditional boats. Sometimes the surfers would bail and join the Kandooma break instead of heading around the island to the jetty.

The waves were good. The boat trips were plenty. We met three other lovely families from Torquay/JanJuc/Bellbrae. We have all gained way too much weight. Tomorrow we start the trip home. Sad to end a fabulous family holiday. I have hundreds more surfing pics, so I might post a dozen or two if I get Wi-Fi in our Singapore transit – or later.

Next trip? Being on holidays is the best inspiration for more holidays. Ideas are currently stretching from exotic surf destinations to Tahiti to South America to Vietnam to……Thanks for coming with us this far. XX