Back to the Maldives

After snorkeling in Hawaii we realized how lucky we are to be living so close to the Maldives and planned another trip there over the Poya long weekend. The trip started out a bit rough. We left Colombo during a thunderstorm and the forecast was for rain, thunder and lightening for the next three days. The boat ride from the airport island to the resort (Club Faru - a former Club Med) was a bit rough and I was soaked by the time we got to the island. Then we found out that there was no “house reef” at this island so unlike the last resort island where we stayed there was no snorkeling off the beach and the daily complimentary snorkel trip was only possible if enough people signed up. After consuming several rounds of alcoholic beverages, we were told that drinks were not included.

However the trip rapidly improved - the weather cleared up, Rob found a good place for snorkeling off the beach that the staff didn't even know about and the issue about the drinks was a misunderstanding. We found out that most of the bartenders on the island were from Sri Lanka. Once they learned that we were living in Colombo and could speak a little Sinhala - they started pouring us doubles!