A friend this week told us that he’d just seen one of Dan’s stories on Himal Southasian, which seemed odd as the last story he wrote for them was almost two years ago, just before the publication was unfortunately forced […]
It’s not every day you get a surprise delivery from one of your inspirations…especially not down in the Suvadive!! Nils Finn Munch-Petersen has been kind enough to send us a copy of his 1980 publication on the Maldives, put […]
2k Journal: The Southern Heart of Maldives
Great to see this video, by Ahmed Shan, celebrating the sun, sea, and stories of Addu – our atoll home, and the southern heart of Maldives. Dan was happy to help with the film’s script, which also tied in with […]
Lot of sitting around to get this picture, but not a bad place to do it. The guys from the Muraka guest house, on Vaavu Keyodhoo, took us out to see the local wreck, you know – the one off […]
A really nice article on Two Thousand Isles’ origins, and a bit of an introduction to the project for an overseas audience. Omkar has done his time in Male’s mean streets but retains a strong interest in all things Maldives […]
This week we found ourselves on Baa’s tiny island of Fehendhoo – home of the Maldives’ most famous marooned mariner. Francois Pyrard and his shipmates spent a few tough weeks in ‘paradise’ on this island and Fulhadhoo, next door, in […]
Story number three in our guest house section is, fittingly, the recently-opened ‘Wave Sound’ by 3S in Addu’s Maradhoofeydhoo area. Though this one is close to home for us, it’s really like stepping into another world entirely – a mini-resort […]
After being advised to time our visit to Gaddhoo to coincide with their Eid al-fitr celebrations, we’ve been sitting on these pics for a few months. Looking for anything that seemed vaguely timely and along came Guy Fawkes night this […]
With the South Asian Travel Awards 2017 taking place this weekend in Addu’s Equator Village, we thought it would be the perfect time to hold an exhibition of Naj’s work, celebrating the best of Addu for all the people visiting. […]
The libaas story is more or less obligatory for any website covering Maldivian culture, so here’s our offering (finally). Now we just need to do the lacquerwork story and maybe something about rihaakuru and we’ll be just about done here. (Not really…there’s […]
Here’s another one we’ve been sitting on since our visit to Huvadhu (and sitting on hooks for too long isn’t wise). So, we just got off it and here’s what hatched. When traveling round the atoll we hadn’t realised just […]
Just when you think you’ve heard of everything written about the Maldives (in English, at least) you discover something new. Hammond Innes’ 1965 novel – The Strode Venturer – partly set in Addu, strongly suggested the English author had been […]
Sparked by a picture spotted in Suvadive Cafe, here in Addu, more people than we expected remembered being unibrow-ed as kids. We soon got hold of the original images and found our own victim model to recreate this joined eyebrow […]
Another hold-out from our Fuvahmulah trip, which seems a long time ago, but is still very clear in the memory (oh, and we took notes). Always interesting due it’s relative isolation, Fuvahmulah has attracted more explorers than anywhere else. This […]
Long overdue story about our home base here in Seenu Hithadhoo. There’s not too many houses like this one left, a blend of old and new memories, stories, and people! So, make yourself comfortable, just remember to take your shoes […]
2k Journal: Our 100th Story
Well, last week’s story about the kaalhu was actually our one hundredth. We started off sixteen months ago hoping just to add slightly more informative captions to Naj’s pics, and here we are. Since then we’ve uncovered some new stuff […]
The rain refused to stop this week, but most of our southern snaps are still dry. So, with a little help from the dhondheeni, we spent a couple of days reflecting on the crows of paradise. They’re unloved anywhere, and largely unseen […]
It’s been kind of a grey week all over the Maldives it seems, so we’re really grateful to Lahu for bringing us some colour with this brilliant illustration for the Two Thousand Isles page. Lahu’s graphic design work has already […]
This story was one we wanted to write after hearing a number of tales during our trip around the south, and struggling to work out what was real and what was made up. People aren’t the best with dates and […]
Another story left over from our time in Gaafu Alif atoll. Meeting Thutthu Beyya in Gemanafushi was a real pleasure…especially when he sang for us (it seems Dan reminded him of a distant relative!). Great to hear the stories of […]
