It is not a long distance from Colombo to The Maldives but it seemed to take most of the day. The flight from Colombo to Male could not land at first but we were down and after collection of luggage and immigration we walked to our seaplane transfer.
The seaplane docks are busier than the airport! We were eventually aboard and headed for three stops. Visibility was not great but we saw the many islands, some inhabited and others not. There were lots of atolls that were only out of water at a low tide.
Our Twin Otter.
The weather closed in and the plane avoided the worst of the storm. We landed at our destination first to our surprise. They then told us that the weather was too bad to fly on. We believe that people eventually were picked up by speed boats from the respective islands. The plane stayed at the dock for the night! We went ashore by boat and were taken to our room.
Taken from our boat transfer. The others had to wait on this little platform for hours. We were the lucky ones!
Gangehi Island from the sea plane dock. It was misty so whilst we were soon in comfort others were not.
The resort has an unusual policy on time! They have a private time zone. We put our clocks forward to their special daylight saving time. We will have one hour less at the resort no doubt!!
Sunset day 1. Taken from our steps into the lagoon.
Our accommodation is wonderful. An over water bungalow with a huge room that is well equipped. It has a private deck with lounges and a set of steps into the water. Near us is a sand spit that extends right out into the lagoon and to deep water. We can see lots of fish from the deck and there is good snorkeling directly in front. We did try it out on our first morning/
A Lion Fish taken from our steps. You can see it at Gail's feet in next photo.
Gail on the steps. That is a Lion Fish just off the step.
We swam and swam then swam some more.
We certainly tried out the bar and the dining room. We have a full board rate and staff are great.
Sunset Day 2
The seaplane docks are busier than the airport! We were eventually aboard and headed for three stops. Visibility was not great but we saw the many islands, some inhabited and others not. There were lots of atolls that were only out of water at a low tide.
Our Twin Otter.
The weather closed in and the plane avoided the worst of the storm. We landed at our destination first to our surprise. They then told us that the weather was too bad to fly on. We believe that people eventually were picked up by speed boats from the respective islands. The plane stayed at the dock for the night! We went ashore by boat and were taken to our room.
Taken from our boat transfer. The others had to wait on this little platform for hours. We were the lucky ones!
Gangehi Island from the sea plane dock. It was misty so whilst we were soon in comfort others were not.
The resort has an unusual policy on time! They have a private time zone. We put our clocks forward to their special daylight saving time. We will have one hour less at the resort no doubt!!
Sunset day 1. Taken from our steps into the lagoon.
Our accommodation is wonderful. An over water bungalow with a huge room that is well equipped. It has a private deck with lounges and a set of steps into the water. Near us is a sand spit that extends right out into the lagoon and to deep water. We can see lots of fish from the deck and there is good snorkeling directly in front. We did try it out on our first morning/
A Lion Fish taken from our steps. You can see it at Gail's feet in next photo.
Gail on the steps. That is a Lion Fish just off the step.
We swam and swam then swam some more.
We certainly tried out the bar and the dining room. We have a full board rate and staff are great.
Sunset Day 2
4 comments:
Nice to have some time in luxury relaxing after your busy pace in Sri Lanka.
Matt liked the Otter photos best :-)
xo
Di
WOW - we loved the lion fish, the boys also thought that plane looked quite fun and wouldn't mind having a ride on it.
Matt has a float plane endorsement Amanda, so any time. You just pay for the plane and he'd love to take you for a spin. :-)
Hi Rob and Gail
We are so busy pre Christmas and it all looks so peaceful
Love Marg b
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