We arrived in Maavah in the driving drain and, despite the dueling moosuns’ attempts to wash out our trip to Laamu’s third largest community, we had a fine couple of days there. Maavah, we’re told, has always been a good […]
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Another update today… While this is not technically our last stop in Laamu, cos they haven’t built an airport on Maamendhoo yet, after this island we’ll just be repeating ourselves (repeating ourselves). After a few fascinating hours in Hithadhoo we […]
We left Kunahandhoo a little later than planned this morning, missing the ferry to finish gathering info for another story. But, there’s always a plan B out here – especially when the next island is only a few hundred metres […]
Having stopped at the Kunahandhoo jetty a couple of days ago, just long enough to watch people packing palm thatch into a cargo dhoni (see our last story), we returned from Maavah this morning for a proper visit. No ferries […]
This was a satisfying story to put together as it combines information and pictures gathered from almost every island we’ve visited in Laamu so far. Starting with our usual nosey ‘wonder what she is doing’, and ‘what is in that […]
So, we left Fonadhoo this afternoon on the ferry over to the western islands of Laamu. The boat weaved past Olhuveli (Six Senses), stopping at Maamendhoo, Hithadhoo and Kunahandhoo (see you all later) before the captain aimed the bow across […]
We’ve already started on our western loop of the Laamu trip, but before we get into anything new, we need to talk about our visit to Mundoo. Despite this being the smallest population in the atoll (just over 200 people), […]
Our time in Maabaidhoo earlier this week seemed to pass very quickly, just a few fleeting moments backed up with the notes on Dan’s phone and images on Naj’s SD card. Before they get lost with the rest, we’ve added […]
