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12 November 2024
Above: Chained birds near Maafushi’s port area. After a relaxing day yesterday of chilling and swimming, it was time for me to do some diving before leaving tomorrow. I had booked to dive with Arena Dive Club who offered the best rates of USD40 per dive and USD10 for all equipment per dive, plus a […]
11 November 2024
Even though Maafushi is a lot more built up than Gulhi, it still has pockets of island vibe. The bikini beach here is deeper but it doesn’t have the pure sandy bottom that Gulhi’s has. We had been skipping lunches a bit, at first to be virtuous, but now because we were running low on […]
10 November 2024
Above: In front of Maafushi’s prison. Because the prison offered employment to locals, they had capital to start guest houses and hotels when the tourism industry was liberalised in 2009. Today, we have a fifteen-minute ferry ride at 1615 from Gulhi to Maafushi, as we move our base over for the next three days. We […]
9 November 2024
Having rested well yesterday, we took a full-day excursion today. Having done this excursion before last year, I tried looking for others but this was the best value one. Shorter excursions cost only a little less. We met the group, consisting of two others, at 0920 and set off on the boat at 1000. The young guide […]
8 November 2024
Today was Boo’s first full day in Maldives. As he’s still gainfully and sometimes stressfully employed, we took it easy with a morning swim and an afternoon one. We skipped lunch and had junk food in bed in between the two swims. We organised our excursion for tomorrow and took little walks. In the evening, […]
7 November 2024
Flying to Male I had set the alarm for 0445 but woke at 0230, having had around 5h30 of sleep. I lay down for a bit longer but hopped out of bed around 0420 and prepared for check-out. I managed to get on the first train to the airport at 0500 rather than the third […]
6 November 2024
Visitation I was still full from last night’s big dinner and had some milk and muesli for breakfast Amidst wet weather, I found a car to take me to visit Andre, a French friend of E over at Titiwangsa. I had never met him before and he turned out to be more of an acquaintance […]
5 November 2024
Flying to Kuala Lumpur Today I fly to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of nights en route to Maldives. The Maldives flight leaves in the morning at 0840 and I didn’t fancy an early connection from Kuching. Overnighting in Kuala Lumpur would be time-consuming with transport so I made it worthwhile with a two-night stay. […]
1 November 2024
Colourful old town Kuching by night Tonight, I hit old-town with some friends for dinner. I was hit with parking hell when I got there with three events on: the river regatta, a craft fair and a drumming festival. But it was worthwhile as the place was alive with lots of food trucks. It was […]
29 October 2024
Visiting my old aunt Today I fly from Singapore to my hometown in Kuching in the evening on Scoot. This gave me time to visit my 95 year old aunt who had moved to a super-flash apartment near Parkway Parade shopping mall. I joined aunt and her two helpers for lunch and stayed for a […]