As per my last post, there was ??? about going to Maldives after my parents had to cancel their trip here and Europe after everything was already paid for and booked. Well, to make a long story short, it basically worked out best for me to have a detox R&R for a few days out there. I still went although it is not known to be a trip for independent travels, but hey - that hasn't stopped me before!
What can I say? Maldives is really deserving of all the hype - isolated island, totally picturesque with the crystal clear waters and clean white sand, and just a calm and soothing place. I stayed at Velassaru, which I later found out was just rated as one of the top Small Luxury Hotel in the Maldives. Go me! The staff was amazingly friendly, helpful, and professional. They were all totally at your service. When I went scuba diving, I couldn't help feeling totally spoiled because unlike most dive trips when you have to lug all your equipment around, everything was all ready for me on the boat when I boarded and when it came time to dive, I literally sat there, lifted up my arms, they put on my BCD, I did the dive, they took it off and ... that was pretty much all the work I did except for the dive itself. Ha! No carrying all this equipment, no washing the equipment, no checking of the equipment - it was all done for us! Not too shabby :-)
The time went by quickly, 2 days I did diving, 1 day I did a massage, and the rest I read, relaxed, read some more, napped, caught up on stupid American TV, had some "deep thoughts about life" time (i.e. there may be some work changes soon!), and before I knew it, I was already back on the plane to Dubai. It truly was a magical (EXPENSIVE!) trip, but I am soo glad I went and it worked out that I could go. I of course was sad that my parents couldn't be there with me to enjoy it, but hopefully we can go another time. I would def go back!
So nothing describes it like a few pictures, so here goes:
Enough said :-)
