the maldives - a picture perfect holiday
i've been looking forward to my maldives flight ever since i saw it on my roster
and it certainly didn't disappoint.
my very own villa on bandos resort island,
lovely flowers just outside my door,
and a rocky road out to the gorgeous beachfront.
what more can a girl ask for?
(other than better weather and that special someone to share it with heh)
went for the check-out dive at the house reef
after the morning storm passed us by.
it felt so good to be diving again!
most of the crew met up at meal times,
for tons of bread and a wide selection of food
at one of the several resort restaurants.
that first night, we headed to the jetty to feed the fishes
after we'd had our fill of dinner.
the batfish were huge and swallowed huge chunks of bread,
and we laughed at the antics of the shoal of millions of little silver fishies.
the next day was DIVE DAY!!!
another avid diver, joyce, and i started the day early at 8am
and ended up making three dives that day.
among the many colorful underwater creatures we saw
were a 2-and-a-half-metre nurse shark sleeping in a cave
(we went so close to it we could almost touch it!),
and a baby manta ray who made a special appearance
after making us wait while being swept about
by the strong, cold currents on manta point.
the baby manta looked so angelic,
swimming so serenely in the waters *swoon*
couldn't dive the next day coz we're not allowed to dive 24hours before flight,
so we spent the rest of our time soaking up whatever sun there was,
and enjoying the peaceful island life.
being hyperactive, i decided to try my hand at snorkelling,
and of course, got myself cut by corals in the process.
i didn't think anything of it,
until a black-tip shark swam past me.
it was only when i headed back to shore after 15mins
that i realized i was bleeding and that it looked like a pretty awful cut.
so off to the medical centre i went, with blood streaming down my leg
and blobs of fats (who knew knees had fats?!) sticking out from my wound.
the nurse and the doctor made "ick" faces when they saw what they had to deal with!
no anesthetic coz the jab'd supposedly hurt more than anything else,
so doc proceeded to cut off my protruding fats (free liposuction!)
and gave me a stitch that hurt like hell.
i think i'll just stick to diving from now on *hobble hobble*
gracie sent me an mms that i couldn't read when i was there,
and i laughed my head off when i checked my inbox after i got home:
she took it at an MRT STATION
with millions of people looking at her
and thinking she was absolutely mad.
wahaha PRICELESS!
i can't wait to go back to the maldives next month
for 3 more glorious days of sun, sand, sea, fish,
and more diving! WOOHOO!
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