Maldives Trip

As travellers, we want to keep memories of the places we visited for as long as we could. That’s why we take so many photos during our trips, right? But even with thousands of photos and videos, sometimes memories just fade away as time goes by. That’s a sad truth.

That is one of the reasons why I write a blog. I will share with you 5 personal stories during my Maldives trip.

Shuttle Bus

This story takes place on the day we arrived in Maldives. At the airport, after buying SIM cards and changing money, we walked to the bus stop to catch the shuttle bus to Hulhumale. We arrived at the bus stop in time, and a lot of people were boarding the bus. When it was our turn, we were denied entry because the bus was full! Stunned, we told him we’re fine to stand on the bus. But he said standing on the bus isn’t allowed and he insisted that we wait for the next bus, which was scheduled to depart in half an hour. We were dead tired from long flights, dead hungry and we couldn’t bear the thought of having to wait another half an hour at the airport. While waiting for the next bus. Oh, well, that’s part and parcel of travelling, I guess. The bus stop at airport from which you can board the shuttle bus to Hulhumale

Rain

On our third day in Hangnaameedhoo, we were walking around in the late afternoon, trying to find a restaurant. We decided to have dinner at Green Leaf Restaurant, so we placed our order at around 4.30pm and told them we would come back at 6pm to eat. At around 5.30pm, it started drizzling. We ran to Green Leaf to shelter ourselves from the rain. Our dinner was served at around 6pm. We joked with the waiter that we wanted to borrow umbrellas from him, but he said he couldn’t lend us.

Chilli fish at Green Leaf Restaurant

We ate while praying the rain would stop. After we finished our meal, we settled our bill and waited for around 30 minutes for the rain to subside, unfortunately, it didn’t. In fact, it grew heavier. There was no way we could run to our guesthouse without umbrellas, as I’m carrying a DSLR and all of us carry smartphones. Finally, the waiter lent us a huge umbrella, not two!

So, four of us stood closely under that one umbrella, walked on the dark flooded streets, trying to navigate the right way to our guesthouse and questioning ourselves why we didn’t have dinner at our guesthouse instead. Thank God, we finally made it to the guesthouse! After that day, we always carry umbrellas when we dined out in Maafushi!

Speedboat

I know that I am prone to motion sickness. So, I carry motion sickness pills during this Maldives trip and always eat them before ferry rides. What I didn’t know was my hubby is also prone to motion sickness!

Before boarding the speedboat, I took 3 motion sickness pills.

That speedboat…

The speedboat was fully covered with very little air circulation. In the first few minutes, I’ve already known it’s gonna be a challenging ride. True enough, I literally couldn’t do anything on the boat, except closing my eyes and praying that I won’t vomit.

Halfway through the ride, my friend asked me where I kept the pills. I didn’t answer but quickly handed over 3 pills to him. About 10 minutes later, he threw up! And I was starting to feel uncomfortable. I had cold sweat and stomach-ache. Then, I prayed, “Omitofo, omitofo, omitofo…”

Not long after, I grabbed the plastic bag from the pocket of the seat in front of me. And I threw up! Then, he threw up again! Damn, it was a hell of a ride! Then, they opened the front door of the speedboat, as well as the ceiling and the side window to let fresh air come in. It felt great and both of us didn’t throw up anymore.

By the time we arrived at Malé at 9 a.m., both of us were traumatic with the thing called speedboat. My friend swore he wouldn’t ride long journey ferry or speedboat anymore. I hope he changes his mind!

Shift of Perspective

On our first night, we stayed in Noomoo in Hulhumale and we thought Hulhumale was a quiet island with nothing much. Meanwhile, on our last night, we stayed in Fuana Inn in Hulhumale and we thought Hulhumale was awesome! Even though these 2 hotels were less than 1km apart, the location of Fuana Inn is so much better than Noomoo.

The quiet street in front of Noomoo Maldives.

The view from Fuana Inn that changes our perspective of Hulhumale

It’s funny how changing a hotel can shift one’s perspective of a place! So glad that we gave Hulhumale a second chance. The next time you find yourselves disliking a new place, perhaps consider changing your hotel?

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​At last, although this trip is short but it was really a wonderful trip with my best friend, a lot of foreign thought me and my friend are gay but unfortunately we’re not, just two of us are best friends and suddenly plan and go there have fun, it was really amazing and fun trip, Thank you Maldives Trip