Yes we did!! After three damp days on Gaafu Alif Kanduhuludhoo (though the warm hospitality kept us mostly dry), the weather warnings for this morning weren’t good, and we showed up for the 5.30am atoll ferry doubtful we would travel. […]
Category Archives: Gaafu Alif
This post should have been written before yesterday’s Kondey update. But there was really a lot to digest in Gemanafushi, and typing it up quickly on a guitar-shaped table in Kondey’s only coffee shop (yeah, we forgot to mention that) […]
VIDEO: Maldivian Shampoo
Traditional life in the islands has always been about resourcefulness, so we thought we’d put one of the old practices to the test.
We felt it was time to add a little more direction to our pleasant drift through Gaafu Alif atoll. So, we caught the 6am atoll ferry from Gemanafushi to Kondey, allowing a full eight hours to explore the least populated […]
Having spent the past three days in Gaafu Alif Gemanafushi, we planned to finish visiting the atoll’s south before completing our tour of the northern islands. So we said: “let’s go to Kandhuhol…Kandhululu…Kandaadha…sod it, let’s go to Kondey first!!” And […]
This week’s exclusive Mihaaru travelogue covers our trip to Huvadhu from Addu, and six special days in Nilandhoo. Back on the cargo ferry, a seasoned traveller had shuffled over to me as we finished our jam sandwiches and milk tea […]
Heading south, we caught a launch from Nilandhoo to Gemanafushi – an island roughly twice as big and maybe four times as fun to say!! [nwm_map height=”700″ width=”600″] [nwm_list id=”1″ dates=”arrival”]
Three more days in Nilandhoo have been pretty busy, which we’re not sure you normally get to say about an island of around 600 people. Work has been going on around the clock this week for the Children’s Day celebrations […]
