relaxing in the Maldives

we took the plane saturday, 4th, with aproximately 4 degrees!
and after 11 hours flyung we landed at the Male airport,
where we caught another plane to the Ari Atol (1 more hour)...
and there finally got a boat to the Sun Island Resort!



upon arrive, on sunday, we checked in and discovered...
we were lucky: two nights in a water bungalow!!
in that afternoon we still dived a bit and walked around the resort,
apreciated a fantastic sunset and went to see the sharks being fed!



on the next day we enjoied the bungalow with exit into the water
and only took a walk in the middle of the day to digest lunch,
while we waited to go back in the water!
at night we went back to the shark area to see the show.



tuesday we moved to the beach bungalows, in the best area of the islands
and spent the day snorkeling in the corals right in front of the room
filled with curious colourful little fishies!
and in th evening we went to pet and feed the Stingrays!



wednesday we kept the routine, snorkeling in the southern part of the island,
the difference was that we heard there had bean a coup,
and the president of the Maldives was brought down, in Male...
but, for the while, in the touristic areas, everything peacefull!



on the next day we went snorkeling on the other side of the island,
an area much deeper, with bigger corals and fish...
and that was where we saw a big Stingray pass by!



friday we were snorkeling again in the same area
and finally we saw the Reef Sharks live and up close!
they impose respect, swim in group and we managed to see a 2 meters one!
at nightfall we went line fishing for our dinner (a 1 meter fish!)



saturday we were approaching our return and things in Male were peacefull
we sepent the last day snorkeling and swimming with the sharks
and, at the end of the day, we tried feeding the fishies,
that went mad with the little peaces of bread we gave them!



sunday we made our trip home with no problems
and, in the same day, we went from 30 degrees to -4 degrees!!
these were some extremely relaxing and calm holidays,
and it was fantastic spending our days in the water with the fish!