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15 April 2023
In anticipation of poor internet at my next destinations, which is kinda rural, I opted to stay in my room to do some work on the internet after breakfast. The hotel’s complimentary shuttle took me to Cebu’s Mactan Airport around 1130, getting there more than 2h before my 1405 departure for Camiguin. I had time […]
14 April 2023
Delayed flight to Cebu Fearing that I would have trouble sleeping last night due to the early flight, I took an antihistamine that’s now being use as a sleeping aid. It was the first time I’ve tried this medication and it works reasonably well. I did wake to hear torrential rain through the night and […]
13 April 2023
Going to the Philippines Eagle Centre I appear to be adjusting to local time well coming from Maldives. I woke around 0500 and then dozed till 0630. With the aim of going to the Philippine Eagle Centre on the edge of the city, I wasted not time in having my oats and coffee. I set […]
12 April 2023
Exploring the city centre After a great night’s sleep, I woke around 0700. Not bad for a 3h time difference compared to Maldives. I was slow to get going though. I had breakfast of an oat porridge and a coffee, bought from the shop nearby. Just add boiling water. Leaving the hotel around 0915, I […]
11 April 2023
Flying to Singapore Seated overwing on the A350, it was an extremely quiet flight. It was very cold as well and I was glad I had changed into my long pants. I was able to get more than 2h sleep during the 4h15 airborne (4h40 on the schedule). Transit in Singapore We landed at Singapore’s […]
10 April 2023
Leaving Maafushi for the airport Today I say bye-bye to paradise. I’m very brown already so I decided to spend the morning indoors attending to things like tax, admin and video-calling a friend whom I may travel around Saudi with in December. Check-out was at 1200, which was perfect for the public ferry to Male […]
9 April 2023
Today is my first day on the Maldivian islands without any activity. No ferry rides, no diving, no snorkelling excursion. I went to swim at Bikini Beach late in the morning and again late in the afternoon. Eight years ago, it was an isolated beach for foreigners. Today, there were high-rise hotels right on the […]
8 April 2023
My options for the day Today, I move to Maafushi, an island I visited 8 years ago. The public ferry leaves at 1615 and I had three options for killing the day: Spend the morning at the beach then the afternoon in the café, Go diving in the morning and then the afternoon in the […]
7 April 2023
Today is my third and last full day in Gulhi. Due to the dive times and opportunities, I had fallen into a routine on all my days here, meaning the last two days and today. The day would begin with an early wake-up around 0630 to 0700, followed by the hotel breakfast which began at […]
4 April 2023
Background on Maldives tourism A bit of background is useful in order to understand tourism in Maldives and why it used to be so expensive (and still is for some people). It is a very low-lying conservative Islamic country consisting of 1190 small coral islands in 27 atolls. Its highest point is only 2.4 metres […]