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Category Archives: Gaafu Alif

Koodoo See-Food


Today we were able to go over to the Koodoo fish processing plant, lying between Villingili and Maamendhoo on the north-east shoulder of Huvadhu. We’d heard a lot about the place from fishermen up and down Gaafu Alif, who make […]

Island Office


Travelling around the islands was always going to be filled with interesting challenges. Finding stories and travelling between isolated islands can be tricky, but not, it turns out, as tricky as finding a cool and quiet place to compile our […]

VIDEO: Prayer O’Clock


Here’s the short video to go with our ‘Prayer O’Clock‘ story from Gaafi Alif Nilandhoo. There are other sundials on other islands, but we’ve not seen one like this anywhere else yet.

Ferries & Rainbows


Woken by torrential rain before our alarms had the chance to get snoozed, it seemed unlikely our ferry to Maamendhoo would have left from its southern start point. But, with the public ferry system, it’s very difficult to find out […]

Kanduhulhu-done


Three nights in Kanduhuludhoo have completed our southern tour of North Huvadhu atoll, and we headed back up to the north of the South early this morning. (Confused? Good!!?) The southwestern monsoon, which was clearing its throat during our time […]