My last holidays
Last holidays I went to the Maldives
with my former girlfriend.
We spent two weeks on the island
Aribeach in the Ari Atoll. Gee! It was simply great!
BUT - on the way to the Maldives
we had a terrible time!!! The Flight should have left
on October the 3th 11:45am, but
it left actually October 4th 5:00pm. So it wasn't a nice
Start for our holidays at all.
At least the isle was very nice...
We arrived in colombo and went
straight to the Jet to Male - an old Tristar - similar to the
one we took from Zurich to Colombo
(according to the travelagent it should have been the
newest Airbus A340 - but nevermind...)
Do never take seat in a Tristar!!! Dangerous!!!
The transfer from Male to Aribeach
was handeld by Hummingbird Helicopters - a Company
which uses mainly old russian helicopters
to provide the Transfer service from Hulule - air-
port to the outer islands. The
helicopters were old but seemd to be safe - prooved in Russia
for long years ;-) It was amazing
to see all the islands and mini atolls from above.
Then the other day the grat moment
came: I sliped for the first time into the clear blue Water
of the Maldives for scubadiving.
and do believe me: A dream came true!!!
We saw a lot of sharks, turtles,
snappers, sweetlips and other exotic fish. But the greatest for
me was the experience to meet a
baby whaleshark (Walhai), which was about six to seven
meters long. We even saw some mantas
- pretty unusual for October - cause the best time
to see some mantas is the season
between January and March. Well, the eaglerays weren't
bad either...
There were heavy showers each day,
but fortunately they lasted only for some minutes to
maximum two hours.I have to say,
that this holidays we had very bad luck: The first three
days on the island the desalination
machine was broken - so we had to was ourself with
mineral water.... It could have
been better, but if you're a diver then it does not matter to
you wether it's comfortable or
even luxurious on the island - the most important is the flora
and fauna beneath the surface of
the sea... Anything seems O.K. while you are diving -
you forget all your problens and
it feels like flying... There's nothing mor beautiful than
diving!!! Try it and you'll see!
Another advise for you: Never fly
Airlanka (UL) cause UL means usually late... ;-))
The same story on the way back
to Zurich: The flight was five hours late!!! As we had a
discussion with other passengers,
we got to know, that the day before a hotel in Srilanka
has been bombed - maybe that was
also a reason for the delay...
The worst was, that nobody knew
why the flight was so late and Airlanka did not inform
us at all! It's rude, unpolite
and absolutely inacceptable!!! Since this experience I recomend
everyone not to fly with Airlanka.
Nor do I!!!
Although we had a lot of bad luck - I look very content
or satisfied on this picture - hope I'll
be there again soon!!! There's no better place for diving
than the Maldives!!!
I've almost forgotten to mention the gekkos - cute white
- yello reptiles which are everywhere
in the bungalows and outside - coming out at night to
catch insekts. Concerning insects: Don't
forget to take a can of your strongest antkiller with
you - though the Maldivians say taht ants
are bringing luck... They're everywhere!!!
A last advise to you: Do not try to eat beef on the Maldives
- it's so hard you can't even chew
it - but that's the same in Egypt and in the most southern
countries. Only Israel had deliciously
cooked beef. Don't forget to eat a lot of pineapple!
It's sweet as a dessert, it's always fresh there,
has a lot of vitamine C and it keeps you slim, even if
you try to eat as much as you can, so
that your full board you booked, pays off... It keeps
your digestion running well.
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