Male city tour

Boarding our flight home on the Boeing 777-200


The Grand Mosque- Islam is the official religion and shops are closed on Fridays for prayers

The President of Maldive's official residence

This is the tomb of the Moroccon who brought Islam to the Maldives

Tickets cost US$1 per person

We had to take another ferry to Male as the airport as Male city is located on another island

After checking out we had to take the boat to Male airport to store our luggage at the airport

Shark feeding at the Anchorage Bar

Anchorage Bar - a bottle of water cost US$8

This moray eel is a regular here

Every eveining at 6pm the sharks are fed with tuna strips

Diving at Banana reef

Moray eels


We went diving at a reef called Banana reef because if you look down from above the reef is shaped like one. It was also the first dive site discovered in the Maldives. It is pricey to dive here. About US$100 per dive.

Day to relax

Jo feeding the fish in the sea

Our view from the balcony



We were lucky to get this package from the Natas travel fair. Sing $3000 for four nights stay in a Sheraton Water Bungalow with return airfares is a good deal. The bungalows are listed at US$300 per night on their website

Nite flight to the Maldives

We had to take a 10 minute boat ride to the Sheraton Full Moon resort. The boat opposite is taking the SQ crew to Bandos island resort

I watched two movies on the five hour flight-Valkrie and Defiant and before I knew it we were going to land.Male is 3 hours behind Singapore

More to eat later. I chose the fish dinner


The flight to Male only leaves at 8.35pm so Jo did not take leave from work. I was busy with the dive equipment in the day. Good thing we made it to the airport an hour before the flight departs. We had a bit to eat the the Krisflyer lounge.