G'day from sunny Male! Before you curse my name for being in paradise, let it be known that right at the moment, there are places I'd rather be!!! My tour finished this morning and I had grand plans of catching a water taxi to Male to have a look around (the rest of my tour group had 1:30pm flights, how civilized!) however my ATM card has decided not to work and despite being just an hour from India, I can't exchange my Indian rupees for local currency, so I am stuck at Male airport (which is a separate island) trying to kill time (10 hours to go!).
Enough of my moaning, now it's time to make you jelous!!! I'll start where I left off. We boarded the train bound for Trivandrum. The journey was suprisingly bearable! It was fascinating watching the changing countryside, seeing the changing faces and listening to the changin dialects. We had 2 nights on board. My sleeper was a teensy little cubby hole which I shared with my massive bag and my day pack. It wasn't the most comfy sleep, but the rocking motion of a moving train is quite soothing!!! We stayed a night in Trivandrum, which reminded me a lot of Darwin, humid, palm trees and pretty laid back, before jetting out to Male.
So I need not tell you that the Maldives is a truly beautiful place! The water is beatiful turquoise, the sand is pure white and the people are pretty friendly. We were on a reasonable sized boat (9 of us) with a crew of 3. To be honest, I have spent the last 4 days doing a whole lot of nothing!!! Lots of reading, writing in my journal, a bit of swimming and snorkelling and a heap of eating! (The chef was a MACHINE! He was awesome!) Needless to say, all the hard work of trekking and cycling is not overly evident now!!! None of you need tell me that I am looking "well" when I return! We also got fairly close to some dolphins. A lot smaller than bottle noses, but just as playful! I saw a sea turtle while I was snorkelling one day, he was pretty cute, he was unfortunatly missing a flipper, but seemed to be managing ok with 3.
Well, I think I might go and try and find something else to entertain myself and pass the time!!! See you all very very soon!!!
Annie
2 comments:
Oh my Goodness! I cant believe that Ill be seeing you in less than 12 hours from now. Happy flying. Ill see you soon. So much to catch up on!
By the way I love the idea of a Friday catch up lunch. Definately in order! Ive missed you!!!!!!!!!
:-) xoxox
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