Happy 2009 from the Maldives! We hope you had a wonderful New Year's celebration, and we wish you a healthy and happy 2009.
We're currently living it up at a fancy and festive resort in the Maldives, which is a 1-hour plane flight from Sri Lanka (south of India), in the middle of the Indian Ocean. In this country, which is made-up of over 1,100 atolls, there is only one resort permitted per island. There are 80 islands with resorts, which are all separate from the islands that local people live on. The resorts are truly the realm of the rich and famous, and in fact Sir Paul McCartney and his American girlfriend were anchored offshore of our island (Bandos Island) for a few days on their live-aboard yacht. We decided to come here as an extra-special treat to ourselves, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, to commemorate Deb's 50th birthday, and to enjoy the underwater world - which is mind blowing. We've joined-up with Michelle and Dave again, who are here with us enjoying tropical paradise.
Our resort is fantastic, with beautiful white-sand beaches, an amazing house reef that fringes the entire coastline, 4 restaurants with delicious food, and 2 bars on opposite sides of the island. There's a fabulous swimming pool with a swim-up bar as well, lush grounds, tall coconut palms, and plenty of activities for when we can pull ourselves away from the ocean. We joined a crab race last night (but did not win), listened to live music on other nights, and had a huge NYE celebration with a monster buffet feast, great entertainment, and a spectacular countdown clock.
Happy 2009 from the Maldives! We hope you had a wonderful New Year's celebration, and we wish you a healthy and happy 2009.
We're currently living it up at a fancy and festive resort in the Maldives, which is a 1-hour plane flight from Sri Lanka (south of India), in the middle of the Indian Ocean. In this country, which is made-up of over 1,100 atolls, there is only one resort permitted per island. There are 80 islands with resorts, which are all separate from the islands that local people live on. The resorts are truly the realm of the rich and famous, and in fact Sir Paul McCartney and his American girlfriend were anchored offshore of our island (Bandos Island) for a few days on their live-aboard yacht. We decided to come here as an extra-special treat to ourselves, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, to commemorate Deb's 50th birthday, and to enjoy the underwater world - which is mind blowing. We've joined-up with Michelle and Dave again, who are here with us enjoying tropical paradise.
Our resort is fantastic, with beautiful white-sand beaches, an amazing house reef that fringes the entire coastline, 4 restaurants with delicious food, and 2 bars on opposite sides of the island. There's a fabulous swimming pool with a swim-up bar as well, lush grounds, tall coconut palms, and plenty of activities for when we can pull ourselves away from the ocean. We joined a crab race last night (but did not win), listened to live music on other nights, and had a huge NYE celebration with a monster buffet feast, great entertainment, and a spectacular countdown clock.
But what really makes this place magical is what's just below the surface of the azure sea. We're able to walk right out of our beautiful beach bungalow and be in the warm ocean water snorkeling in less than one minute. We've seen many small and large sharks, rays, eels, every color of coral imaginable, and many amazing reef fish. Spectacular is a word we use daily, and every time we head out to our reef, we see a new type of fish, or multi hued coral, to wow us. Checkout these photos and you'll see what we mean.
2 comments:
Hello out there in the far away lands of the Maldives....Enjoying your photos and descriptions very much....the underwater stuff is a little blurry, but I guess in different waters you get different results.Your both look so
beautiful. It's a nice change to travel with friends, and they look happy also. I sent a few e-mail and I am assuming you are receiving
them. I guess from there you are back to Thailand.
Love & Kisses
Mombo
Hi there.
Just LUV'n the colorful photos and equally colorful commentary(good job stevo). I can't wait to see you yuz'2 in OZ . . . fingers crossed , , , as not sure if you have heard about the devastating flooding in FIJI - death toll at 10 and they are currently rerouting. So fingers crossed my flight takes off as sched. Will keep in contact via this blog if NOT!
Prayers and thoughts go out to the FIJIANS
Big LOVE - ByronBay Bob
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