Sunday, October 12, 2008

Makunudu Island -Maldives

The airport is one long island on its own and we were meet by the Island reps and taken by boat to Makunudu, a 45 minute speedboat ride. We watched little and big atolls go passed. One had the bungalows out in the water. When we arrived at Makunudu we were met by the local hotel concierge and a timid German called Josephine who had the job of looking after guests for a week. I had asked for one of the first four bungalows as, on the web, Steve had read that they had the best beaches and snorkeling and we got number five to that was cool.

It’s a nice room with a sort of outside bathroom and a comfy bed and little seating area. Best of all you walk out to you own little beach area with loungers, deck chair, shade or sun, sparkling white sand and clear blue sea. I could feel the tension leaving me. As you will guess I pulled my lounger into the shade and watched the water before having my first swim and trial snorkel on the waves.


First photo looking into our room. It also had a cool bathroom that was sort of open at the top.
This second photo is from the door (if you have your back to the view in the first photo, looking out towards the beach. You can see the bush, which included coconut trees, and you can see my lounger and deck chair nestled into shady area. It was then just a short stroll to the sea which as well as being crystal clear was a lovely temperature. Just bliss.



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