Day 2 -Doha to Male : The Trouble with Travel continued....
So, at the end of the last post, I was getting some much needed sleep, aboard a large jet ( I'm not going to bestow the title of "Jumbo"...
Day 2 Continued - Male to Bodufolhudhoo.
To recap - After a tempestuous and traumatic 24 hours of travel, I was now standing on the dock outside Male airport watching the boat...
Day 3 - An interesting Island Tour and My New Friend!
As I mentioned in my last post, I didn't go to bed until 3.00am, so I wasn't exactly up with the lark the next morning. I tottered...
Day 4 - It's all about the fish - and a drop of rain!
After my amazing "Close Encounter of the Turtle Kind", I was keen to get back out on to the reef to see what else this amazing place had...
Day 5 - A Boat trip - Bodufolhudhoo Style! (You were "Manta" for me)
I was up bright and early for my first booked trip - to see Manta Rays and hopefully swim with them. Bari had already warned me that...
Day 6 - To Dive or Not to Dive - That is the Question!
In terms of anecdotes to share that were "blogworthy" -Friday was a relatively quiet day. After breakfast I went to the beach for my...
Day 7- Diving - the Sequel & A Little Night Adventure
At the end of my last post I was anticipating the assisted dive I had planned for this morning and had intended to wipe the slate clean,...
Day 8 - But will there be Dolphins? & A Camera Catastrophe
Today I woke up with 2 parts of my brain having an argument. Inner child: Dolphins, Dolphins, I’m gong to see some Dolphins. Yay...
Day 9 - We found Nemo and snorkelling without fins!
As much as I adore snorkelling, there is only so much you can say about it without sending everyone into a catatonic state, so I have a...
Day 10 - Where have all the photos gone?
Having finally got to grips with the Go Pro, the previous day, I was quite excited to try it out on a different reef, which meant another...
Day 11 - Another Island to Explore
The Google map of Bod (and the paper one) is a little misleading, It shows a couple of restaurants that don’t exist (but that’s about to...
Day 12 - More snorkelling and a special surprise!
On Saturday morning I was going on another boat trip to explore a different reef with my boys!! This was always an exciting prospect...
Day 13 -Shopping the Bodufolhudhoo way & Dining out in style!
Today was to be Ana, Jo, Dan & Bea's last full day on Bod, so I had arranged to do my last boat trip the following day and go snorkelling...
Day 14 - Is this a Shark I see before me?
When you chose a destination like the Maldives for a snorkelling holiday, you know there is a reasonable chance that you will see some...
Day 15 (my last full day) - Bodufolhudhoo on land and under the sea
So the end of this amazing holiday was now looming and I really wanted to make the best of my last full day. The previous evening, Bary...
Day 16-17 The journey home!
Waking up on my last day there was still no internet, so Adam (the tour guide) shared his private internet connection with me so that I...



















