Fulidhoo

The second island we visited and that we this time reached by speedboat 🚤 is called Fulidhoo and is part of another Maldivian Atoll: the Vaavu Atoll, located south from the capital Malé.
In theory, Fulidhoo is supposed to be smaller than Omadhoo and have less local inhabitants.
It is however more known by tourists, so the reality is a totally different one 😅

There are two bikini beaches on each side of the island (west and east) that we enjoyed a lot, trying not to burn since we (finally!) got sun during the 4 days of our stay ☀️

We took part in two boat excursions. The first one brought us to three different sports to see nurse sharks, turtles and a (rather intact) coral reef 🦈🐢🐠🪸 This tour was a great one! We had a nice time snorkeling around four of these big animals. We expected the spot to be more crowded than it actually was, so we were also positively surprised. At the second stop, we could enjoy seeing two turtles and being almost alone for some time. This was beautiful! The last stop at the coral reef was also nice, there were plenty of fish.

The second tour was a whole day excursion to look for whale sharks. We knew this would mean a lot of boat driving with unknown chances of seeing the largest fish species in the world but somehow wanted to give it a try since we could not do it in Omadhoo due to the bad weather. This tour was unfortunately a waste of time and we were very disappointed. The crew did not seem motivated to work properly, so we ended up snorkeling for 15min during a 6 hours journey… We did not see any whale sharks but a manta ray. Luckily, after talking to the person in charge and describing how everything went, we did not have to pay for the tour. We did not expect that at all🤞

Besides lots of sand and water during the day, we enjoyed beautiful sunsets every evening 🌅

99% of the population of the Republic of Maldives follow the Islam religion. With the ongoing Ramadan, opening hours of the stores were constantly changing and some restaurants were simply closed,
which made it sometimes a little difficult to get our milkshakes 😂 Most of the ones that were open surprisingly did not serve fish, even though it was part of their menu. Kind of ironic on an island but nobody explained to us the reason so we figured it is also linked to the Ramadan.

In general, we were happy about coming and seeing a tiny part of the Maldives. Still we are not sure if we will come back again.

Next stop: Cambodia 🇰🇭Baca lagi