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Maldives (Day 11) 2 Apr 2013 | 05:49 pm
The last day was a daze. We still did everything as if all was well. We ate breakfast, went to our favorite beach hut to lounge, swam for a bit in the cool early morning waters, lounged some more on t...
Maldives (Day 10) 1 Apr 2013 | 06:31 pm
I still wanted to do two morning dives since I’d still have a full 24 hours before our flight the next day, but we wanted to really soak in the island completely for our last full day in the Maldives....
Maldives (Day 9) 31 Mar 2013 | 12:33 pm
Today was to be our diving day. It’s the highlight of the day, and a highlight of the trip in many ways. We left early,around 8:30am, and proceeded to do two dives. We saw many things, usual stuff we’...
Maldives (Day 8) 30 Mar 2013 | 01:38 pm
We overslept and woke up with just a few minutes before we were off to our orientation dive. We rushed breakfast, then rushed to the dive center. Apparently, even if you’re an instructor from wherever...
Maldives (Day 7) 30 Mar 2013 | 12:54 pm
The last day on Britt, was a somber one. I was melancholic just knowing that the whole sea adventure was about to end. We set off early, at around 5am, as we were all awakened by the engine running an...
Maldives (Day 6) 29 Mar 2013 | 07:28 pm
This was our full day on board The Britt. Waking up on board was something else. When I opened my eyes, I saw a sky dappled with specks of clouds, with the dawn splashing the canvas with pastel pinks ...
Maldives (Day 5) 28 Mar 2013 | 07:49 pm
When they offered us to go on a 3 day/2 night trip on a wooden yacht, we jumped at the chance, since it’s something we’ve never really experienced before. Of course that meant 3 days/2 nights away fro...
Maldives (Day 4) 25 Mar 2013 | 07:38 pm
This morning, we were awakened by the sound of the pitter-patter of raindrops blanketing the island. This usually is a delightful sound to wake up to, unless you’re on summer vacation…on a tropical is...
Maldives (Day 3) 24 Mar 2013 | 06:54 pm
For our 3rd day on the island, after 2 action-packed days, we decided to take it easy and have a chill day. Basically we just wanted to lounge around, swim, lounge around some more, and break the chai...
Maldives (Day 2) 23 Mar 2013 | 05:39 pm
Today has been crazy amazing. We started the day with a full-day snorkeling expedition. We visited about 4 or 5 snorkeling spots and we saw a manta ray, 6 eagle rays swimming in formation, gray reef s...
