28 - 29 Nov. Negombo to Male, Maldives

Oh where do I start??
A faulty plane, a delay that got delayed even longer, no communication skills from the Gulf Air staff, and it went on and on.
Yes, the hotel say was pleasant, very welcome, but every time I got an update on my phone about a revised flight offer that I must either take or pay for a change, the hotel staff simply passed a message on that flights had been cancelled and we must stay in the hotel until further notice.
So, 28th November I spent mainly eating hotel food, or sat in my room, or fretting that I wouldn't get to The Maldives, and I'd lost a deposit on accommodation in Male.
Well, we eventually got bused back to the airport for another long wait.
Cutting to the chase (sorry). We got off the ground at about 12:30am.
Therefore, I neither had the strength or opportunity to post anything meaningful for the 28th.
Today's the 29th.
I've been in Male, checking on my booked accommodation (lost it), so I took one of the ferries to Maafushi via Gulhi (the spellings often change). It's been a bit of a drama - (I go through all this hassle so you don't have to ;))
The weather's slightly better than Sri Lanka, but the hurricane over the Indian Ocean; Malaysia, Indonesia, has dumped an enormous amount of rain on this region. Hey ho...
Maafushi is small (wide East to West, thin North to South), quietish, but kind've nice. I went for a snorkel and swim at one of the beach areas called 'Bikini Beach'. I didn't venture further around the corner to the 'no bikini beach' - whatever that is in a Moslem country.
Not sure whether to stay a little longer in Maafushi, or explore some of the other islands.
Yeah, still got that wanderlust/curiosity/noseyness.Read more