We left on 16th Jan 08, Wednesday night. Our flight was delayed, but just for an hour, so no complaints! Dom bought me a prosperity burger at the airport. Yummy dinner :-) We arrived Male International Airport at 10:30pm Local Time. The airport is an island on it's own called 'Hulhule Island'. It's hard to believe that even here, the water is crystal clear! Dom claims he saw a baby shark at the jetty as well :-)
We took the morning boat out of Hulhule Island to Male capital. It was
just USD1 for the boat ride! After a great loooooooooong nap, we had lunch and a walk around the city. Our first 2 days was at Male capital. We saw the famous fish market, the park, president's palace, president's office, the surfing area where we stopped for fresh coconuts, the man made beach, which looks great as well and a few other places! You can practically go around the island in half a day. Weather is about the same as KL, maybe slightly hotter. My skin was burning!
The next day, we noticed a nice building at the jetty and decided to explore. They sold tickets (boat ride) to a neighboring residential island called Hulhumale so we thought... "y not! Let's go and check it out!" The place is so quiet and there aren’t many people there. We took the local bus and stopped by the beach. I think we were the only tourist there! The beach looks amazing! There were evidence of some recovery work (since the 2006 Tsunami) and the people there live such simple lives. One of the residents we met on the beach even invited us to his home, but I guess we didn't want to take any chances and gracefully turned down the offer.
We took the morning boat out of Hulhule Island to Male capital. It was
just USD1 for the boat ride! After a great loooooooooong nap, we had lunch and a walk around the city. Our first 2 days was at Male capital. We saw the famous fish market, the park, president's palace, president's office, the surfing area where we stopped for fresh coconuts, the man made beach, which looks great as well and a few other places! You can practically go around the island in half a day. Weather is about the same as KL, maybe slightly hotter. My skin was burning!The next day, we noticed a nice building at the jetty and decided to explore. They sold tickets (boat ride) to a neighboring residential island called Hulhumale so we thought... "y not! Let's go and check it out!" The place is so quiet and there aren’t many people there. We took the local bus and stopped by the beach. I think we were the only tourist there! The beach looks amazing! There were evidence of some recovery work (since the 2006 Tsunami) and the people there live such simple lives. One of the residents we met on the beach even invited us to his home, but I guess we didn't want to take any chances and gracefully turned down the offer.
